Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains <a href="http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/CC/455353003x0x245809/2BFAC9D9-6CEF-4027-9E51-1C635F42F7A7/110308%20Store%20Closing%20List.pd" target="_blank">http://files.shareholder.com/d...0List.pd</a> Have to wonder if this will save them or if it will just be the beginning of the end - Like Mervyns.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains All three near me... Dublin, Concord, and Fremont are Closing...
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder What the hell? I thought the fundamentals of our economy were strong- McCain said so.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins He meant the workers are strong. Of course he knew the economy was in trouble.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Of course, the Merced store is closing. How many Circuit City stores will remain. Damn few it seems.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins Oops, Jim snuck in there. My post #6 was refering to my post #4. Ah forget it!
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_10886954" target="_blank">http://www.mercurynews.com/nat...10886954</a> It's 155 of more than 700 stores, but they're likely just stalling on the inevitable Chapter 11 filing.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Aparently this didn't help with those worker's!!! <a href="http://www.dailytech.com/Circuit+City+Fires+3400+Overpaid+Employees/article6691.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dailytech.com/Circu...6691.htm</a> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003695428_circuit06.html" target="_blank">http://seattletimes.nwsource.c...t06.html</a>
Originally Posted By beamerdog All the Delaware stores are remaining open. Must be the attraction of no sales tax.
Originally Posted By dshyates All the WV stores are staying open. I know of three. But none have a Best Buy in their area, so maybe that helps.
Originally Posted By -em One in orlando is going but not the one near by house (which is amazing as its really hard to get to it (weird entrances and exits) and never has cars in the parking lot (but it is near Mall of Millenia which may help). I havent stepped foot into it in over 2 years... The ones in Utah survived which is interesting...
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF I'm surprised the one out by me didn't close. I pop in there every so often when they might have a better price than Best Buy on some things (usually DVDs). The place is usually empty, and I *rarely* find whatever item I'm looking for.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <What the hell? I thought the fundamentals of our economy were strong- McCain said so.< don't worry, Obama will wave his magic staff and therewill be a Circuit City on every corner, all 10 million American white collar jobs that left for off shore the last 8 years will be returned ( because he will be so loved )- move to Gary, Indiana as I hear the steel mills will be re-opening, and buy that Ford and GM stock now - before the Obama bounce. Hewill turn sand into water for California and Arizona- and I swear we will see pigs fly.....
Originally Posted By hopemax The one closest to us in CO, is one of the 3 that is closing. What is surprising to me, is that two in the North Scottsdale area, where we used to live are closing too. I wouldn't have been surprised about one, but both! The North Scottsdale area has money. The houses around our apartment complex were 1/2 - 3/4 of a million dollars and more. Although, it has a lot of people that I think were as the commercial says, "In debt up to their eyeballs."
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA To me, it's just like having 'Home Depot' and 'Lowe's' -- do we really need both in our community? 'Circuit City' and 'Best Buy' -- one was eventually going to cannibalize the other. I wonder how much longer OSH can hold on?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I wonder what has been a bigger hit to Circuit City -- Best Buy or Walmart ?
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF ^^^ Hard to say. My most frequent purchases from BB are DVDs. I can find what I'm looking for there about 75% of the time. Rarely will I find anything I'm looking for at Wal-Mart, especially catalog titles. They have a sucky Blu-ray selection now, but I'm sure that will change. Right now, BB has the advantage in that area.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I have one of the crappy Wal-Marts in my town, so I just refuse to go in there. It's crowded, hot, too sprawling, and not worth feeling like I'm that poor to shop there. I'd rather spend a bit more a the new Super Target than go to Wal-Mart. Blecch.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^^^ Oh I 100% agree -- never set foot in one, but plenty of people do. And with the predatory pricing practices - I am sure some of those big screen TV's last Christmas may have been lower there...I was asking the question as I don't know the answer, but was curious
