[SGVLUG] Circuit City in trouble

[Miguel Hernandez]

Sounds like that'd be a great topic, Ted. Especially with how things are
now, lots of companies are looking at open source solutions to stay
competitive.
Yea, I remember those days. I remember not liking CC for that alone, though
I'm sure customers who weren't too sure what they wanted might have liked
their eagerness.

--miguel

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Ted Arden <ted at tux.org> wrote:

>
>
> yeah.. i work at CC and they are doing
> okay.. not great, but all retailers are
> suffering.  i built their linux store
> infrastructure which has been implimented
> across 40% of their chain. (probably would be
> a good topic for a monthly meeting). i still believe
> in them, they just need to find their nitch,
> and the store in monrovia kinda displays their
> movement to smaller footprint, more inventory
> and better customer experience.
>
> that being said, if you think that BestBuy
> is an any better shape, i believe they BK'd
> about 9 years or so ago (/me too lazy too google)
> so everyone can restructure and re-invent.
>
> you oldtimers like me on the list, remember when
> CC had commission based sales staff and you
> were scared of being attacked walking in??  they
> fixed that, they'll figure a way to fix their
> current prob.
>
> saying 'don't buy this and do buy that from CC'
> is not like sharperimage who sold crap.  this is
> still the #2 electronics store in the country.
>
> =ted=
>
> On Sun, 2 Nov 2008, matti wrote:
>
> >
> > fyi - from a forum item on slickdeals.net
> > recalling the Big Lots deal Tom posted
> > about the laptop - which were "rerouted"
> > from Circuit City so I thought I should
> > pass this along:
> >
> > best
> > matti
> >
> > ==== ====
> >
> > circuitcity in trouble
> > No sure if Hot deals is the place for this but here it is anyway
> > Mods move as required
> > Some old news but troubling anyway
> > WSJ article on CC closing stores from Oct.20th
> > http://www.reuters.com/article/rb...4020081020
> > Possible delisting from NYSE stock price currently $0.26
> > http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_1...398-1.html
> > Sony trucks being turned away (insider tip)
> > http://gizmodo.com/5072782/sony-t...-shipments
> > Internal CC letter detailing store closure
> > http://consumerist.com/5074161/br...155-stores
> >
> > I posted this so people are aware
> > 1: Don't buy any CC giftcards (if CC goes bankrupt you would be
> considered an unsecured creditor)
> > 2: Don't buy any Firedog services
> > 3: Don't buy any extended warranties if they're CC's
> > 4: If you buy anything and need to return remember check local CC's if
> one closes others will take returns (as per internal letter)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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