Bye Bye Circuit City

Beagleone · 01-16-2009, 10:07 AM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28691963/

rack04 · 01-16-2009, 10:11 AM

That is very sad news. Expected that 35,000 people will be losing jobs.

macpappy · 01-16-2009, 10:27 AM

I feel sorry for the employees.
Our local was in the first batch of closures and put everything on the "up to 70 percent off" sale. I went and looked at a new monitor and the one I was interested in was only 35% off. The problem was that it was still $50 more than the regular price at Best Buy.

There are two Hudson's stores withing 40 miles of me though and all the Circuit City products will probably go on sale starting at 40% off the lowest marked price for the higher priced items. The rest of the stuff will probably start at 50 - 60% off. That's going to make for some good buys.

ucla695 · 01-16-2009, 12:55 PM

This is very sad for all of the employees.

I checked out a liquidation sale at a store in SoCal during the first round of closures and there were a couple of decent deals, but nothing that crazy where I rushed to grab something. I saw something on the news last month that covered the Circuit City and Linens’n’Things liquidations. The report said that these sales are carried out by liquidation companies and a lot of the time the prices are marked up and then discounted. There were a lot of cases where the higher (priced) tag was placed on top of the lower priced one. The keys to these things is to do your homework before you go.

Jbailey · 01-16-2009, 01:32 PM

Just got this message from my friend, we both worked there years ago. Kinda funny cause I could even see this coming sometime ago from what was going on from the inside. There was a lot of bad moves in my mind.

I still know some people that work for CC in the Madison area, I do feel sorry for them.

01-16-2009, 10:07 AM	#1
Beagleone Feeling at Home Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Between here and there Posts: 832 Trading: (18)	Bye Bye Circuit City http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28691963/ __________________ Whoever said "laughter is the best medicine" didn't have gonorrhea.

01-16-2009, 10:11 AM	#2
rack04 Lebowski Urban Achiever Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Justin Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,023 Trading: (20)	Re: Bye Bye Circuit City That is very sad news. Expected that 35,000 people will be losing jobs. __________________ "Why don't you put them in your secret compartment" - 12stones (Ricky)

01-16-2009, 10:27 AM	#3
macpappy Rider on the storm. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Slidell, LA Posts: 851 Trading: (0)	Re: Bye Bye Circuit City I feel sorry for the employees. Our local was in the first batch of closures and put everything on the "up to 70 percent off" sale. I went and looked at a new monitor and the one I was interested in was only 35% off. The problem was that it was still $50 more than the regular price at Best Buy. There are two Hudson's stores withing 40 miles of me though and all the Circuit City products will probably go on sale starting at 40% off the lowest marked price for the higher priced items. The rest of the stuff will probably start at 50 - 60% off. That's going to make for some good buys. __________________ WARNING: I am a Southern White Male. I have a brain and I know how to use it.

01-16-2009, 12:55 PM	#4
ucla695 Neither here, nor there Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Pool Posts: 3,696 Trading: (5)	Re: Bye Bye Circuit City This is very sad for all of the employees. I checked out a liquidation sale at a store in SoCal during the first round of closures and there were a couple of decent deals, but nothing that crazy where I rushed to grab something. I saw something on the news last month that covered the Circuit City and Linens’n’Things liquidations. The report said that these sales are carried out by liquidation companies and a lot of the time the prices are marked up and then discounted. There were a lot of cases where the higher (priced) tag was placed on top of the lower priced one. The keys to these things is to do your homework before you go.

01-16-2009, 01:32 PM	#5
Jbailey Brewcifer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dave Location: Madison, WI Posts: 5,212 Trading: (17)	Re: Bye Bye Circuit City Just got this message from my friend, we both worked there years ago. Kinda funny cause I could even see this coming sometime ago from what was going on from the inside. There was a lot of bad moves in my mind. I still know some people that work for CC in the Madison area, I do feel sorry for them.