Comments on: The Tragic Last Days of Circuit City

By: John Smith

John Smith — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:50:24 +0000

I went to my local Circuit City on the 6th and saw a pile of USB hard drives – Toshiba 320GB going for $70. I could get them for around that from NewEgg as a normal price. Hardly worthwhile. They had some scrappy looking laptops and printers going for between $50 and $100, none of which were actually worth more than $2 on a good day. I had a look a few weeks before and the prices were 10% off a jacked up price. Nothing in the Circuit City sale was worth bothering with, to be honest. I never did. After all – why buy a Toshiba 320GB for the same price I’d get from NewEgg with a warranty. No warranty from Circuit City!

By: Circuit City has died. « TJ Marsh’s Weblog

Circuit City has died. « TJ Marsh’s Weblog — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:57:13 +0000

[...] And so I made what will almost certainly be my last visit ever to my local Circuit City today, six days after I found it had been reduced to selling used cleaning supplies. Back on Monday, it still stocked some factory-fresh consumer electronics products, too–albeit [...]

By: edgewiseonthemarkets

edgewiseonthemarkets — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:20:03 +0000

I went to a local store to grab some last second deals but they had nothing. I mean nothing at all . Was a bust.

By: cgj

cgj — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:47:14 +0000

i was there today and saw all the employees bringing their carts of merchandise to the front to pay in the waining hours – carts full.
one employee brought a canon 5d and about 12 dvd and games and his final bill was $59.97 (wow that is a $3000 slr -guess the liquidator wasnt watching) i guess it is considered severance pay. best wishes to circuit city employees –sad to see you go.

By: Knowledge’s Blog » Circuit City’s last day: March 8

Knowledge’s Blog » Circuit City’s last day: March 8 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:46:41 +0000

[...] look at the remaining, tattered Circuit City stores have reported some pretty depressing scenes. Harry McCracken at Technologizer found his local store in a “gloomy disarray” earlier this week—”one part [...]

By: The last days of Circuit City « New Frontiers

The last days of Circuit City « New Frontiers — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:56:56 +0000

[...] Technologizer writer went into a San Fran Bay Area Circuit City to document its demise, and it’s something worth [...]

By: slw4884

slw4884 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:50:05 +0000

Seriously, who cares? Bestbuy will be open in the morning!

By: MySidesHurt

MySidesHurt — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:53:03 +0000

OMG! Thanks Harry. That is the funniest article I’ve read in a long long time. So sad, but sooo sooo funny. I laughed, I cried. I laughed until I cried. I laughed until that “silent laugh” convulsion is all I could do. Light-headed and teary-eyed, I am left feeling the need to parrot the good one-liners like a college freshman as he tries to impress with his intricate knowledge of a South Park episode.

** 2 days left and everything still costs more than can easily be found online
** funky handheld game? $89.99
** $52.19 for this wireless Microsoft Mouse. Which is missing the USB dongle ****>>it needs to work<<****.
** the “lost” box of Lost
** $2 mop handles
** 50c for a used can of pledge WTF???
** dirty damaged traffic cones that anyone can find on any street any given night
** Carol Burnett Show

You seriously can’t make this stuff up! That is Waaaay beyond pitiful. Do the people that work there have any sense at all, or even eyes! Maybe they are just souless lumps of human essence without the will to care. Who knows. I mean really – mop handles?? used cleaning supplies?? traffic cones?? You’re supposed to sell the merchandise not every last ounce of your pride. What’s next banana peels and used Capri-Sun pouches? Wow! Just …. wow.

What else is left to say except ….

How much for the “mop handles for sale” sign?

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:10:16 +0000

“They let me go because I made too much money… I was the top salesman in the district. The remaining employees felt threatened to do a good job, because they could get a raise and get laid off. Can you believe how sick this sounds. Being laid off for doing a good job… That is why this company FAILED!”

And that is why the USA will fail within the next few years because Obama has taken away incentive for people to do anything. The USD will crash within the next 3 years.

By: Circuit City To Close Down March 8th | Technologizer

Circuit City To Close Down March 8th | Technologizer — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:39:10 +0000

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