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AirDog80

Fond Eulogy to Circuit City.

I have to say a fond farewell to Circuit City. Goodbye and farewell to the creepy older uncle of Best Buy. Somehow you always made me feel as if buying electronics was somehow akin to buying a used car. Your store layout was always terrible, your employees often looked as confused as I was. You always made me feel a little uncomfortable. You had games locked away in a small corner cage as if they were reptiles at the zoo. I'll miss tapping on the glass. I'd get an ipod jack put into my car for old times sake, but with no accountability due to your closing, I'm afraid I'd find my car up on blocks in the back lot. I have so many fond memories of wanting to leave your store to go to Best Buy. You will be sorely missed. I am comforted by the fact that I can always drive to Canada to be visually molested by your dull grey interior design.
Posted by AirDog80, 01/20/2009 12:02pm
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ziegd
Your gleeful sarcasm fails to take into account the fact that another 30,000 people are now out of work. THAT should be a boon to any economic stimulus.
Posted 01/21/2009 9:15am
Nokoryous
LOL it's funny because it's true!
Posted 01/21/2009 9:54am
Einhanderkiller
I kind of liked Circuit City. They had good deals on PC games.
Posted 01/21/2009 6:49pm
Bozanimal
Sorry to hear you didn't like the company. They used to guarantee all their prices against the listed price of competitors (if it was more expensive, they'd knock 10% off their competitor's price), and their return policy was excellent. I liked Circuit City, and it's sad to see 30,000 people out of work.
Posted 01/22/2009 8:04am
AirDog80
I totally agree that it's tragic 30,000 people lost their jobs. I have good friends who have been laid off recently. But you have to admit from a customer standpoint the overall experience of walking into Best Buy and walking into Circuit City was completely different. It's like comparing the I-phone to a top of the line Blackberry, yes the Blackberry is probably a better phone on paper, but the I-phone just makes you feel awesome. In my mind, Circuit City may have had the best prices and plans, but they always failed to make a customer feel awesome about their purchase, and that is why they are going out of business.
Posted 01/23/2009 10:26am
zacattack214
O_O That's going a bit far don't you think? You didn't need to write a paragraph on why you prefer Best Buy to Circuit City--they aren't that different. And besides, neither of them can beat Wal-Mart prices.
Posted 01/25/2009 12:54pm
Kibosh23
I completely agree with you. Everytime I went in there it was always horrible customer service, last time I went in there was for an RF adaptor cause I bought a TV for $15 for my wife so she could watch tv in the bedroom and it had coaxial hook up so we needed an RF adaptor and they laughed at me and tried to sell me a $1000 tv instead. There's no question in my mind why this store went under. As far as I'm concerned they deserved it.
Posted 01/31/2009 2:23pm
thesand212
Now that best buy has no real competition now there just want you to call me Buy
Posted 02/01/2009 1:22pm
Concrete_Flavor
Even though Circuit City was admittedly a creepy older uncle, prices were always cheaper than Best Buy. Always.
Posted 02/04/2009 8:10pm
silentNMF
I really didn't care for their store layout... i always felt cramped in their stores. Plus their prices were never really all that great. Best Buy beat them up pretty bad too. See ya Circuit City.
Posted 02/10/2009 8:45am
TeabagChampion
LOL. Dude, this is funny and true at the same time.
Yet, that is not a good enough reason for 30,000 people to get laid off.
Posted 02/15/2009 9:08pm
HAL5000
You sound as informed and bias as GameSpot reviewers...lol
Posted 02/18/2009 6:03pm
SWT2008
Circuit City reminds me of Comp USA
Posted 02/25/2009 6:19am
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