Bye Bye Circuit City

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  1. Mamba

    Mamba The King is Back Staff Member Global Moderator

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    :lol: Idiots.

    Out of business.

    Thank God. :clap:
     
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    Well I had been planning to get a job there at some point... now I'll focus on Best Buy.
     
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    Yea, their prices sucked. Serves em' right. I hope Target is next.
     
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    Target is the shit. I'd be shocked if they folded. Their main competition is Wal-Mart but in the San Francisco area there are no walmarts (due to lack of rights/beneftis for their workers I believe) and I would imagine its the same in many other urban areas. They'll probably always have that niche as long as Wal Mart remains shrewd and K-Mart and other similar competitors are long gone.
     
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    Didn't Ron Artest apply to work at Circuit City so he could get the employee discount? LOL
     
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    Yeah I hope Target isn't next. I prefer going there instead of Walmart for many reasons.
     
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    In my hometown, we have Walmart, Target, K-Mart, and Shopko.

    Megastore win.

    Don't see Target going down. I'd imagine KMart and Shopko fold first before Target.
     
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    Target going down is a joke.
     
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    KMart is still around?

    Target has higher prices than Wal*Mart and Krogers, but that's okay because I think they have employee benefits. Wal*Mart hires a lot of part time employees in order to excuse not providing any employee benefits. It's part of Sam Walton's strategy to cut costs. I hate the fact that I still shop their. I'll stop being a hypocrite when this college thing ends.
     
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    That was my plan. :ghoti:
     
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    Hey, that's my plan for summer work. You can't knock the benefits for some people that Walmarts employment strategy brings.
     
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    It's is shame to see companies go down though. W.H. Smith and some coffee shop folded a few weeks ago in the UK.
     
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    I haven't gone to Circuit City since I was like 16. It really started sucking and Best Buy blows them away
     
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    Woolworths :'(
     
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    Yeah, I meant them.
     
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    That would explain it, seeing as I went into Smith's today :P
     
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    There is one Circuit City I know of and they are having a massive sale. I think I should just go in there and steal stuff. What can they say to me "Excuse me sir! We need to burn those things! Please put them back!". I need a new stereo anyway.
     
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    I wonder how much 360s, Halo 3, and NBA 2k9 are going for over there.
     
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    I went on Saturday, and the sales were nothing special at all. I'm sure they'll go down, but you gotta luck out and get there when that happens.
     
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    Woolies had a beastly sale, I got Wild Hogs on DVD for £3 (I was gonna put that in dollars, but I don't know the exchange rate :P)
     
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