Circuit City question.

[Kryptron]

Originally Posted by Septimus Prime

Man, F WORST Buy. I've never had a good sales experience there, ever. From the time they called me a scammer for printing out a coupon to the time their website told me to go pick up my order while their store told me it wasn't there to the several times associates said they would assist me and then just disappeared, it's the worst store in the world.

+1 I've received equally shi*y customer service from both stores.

[STARSCREAM]

Originally Posted by alomar

Austina, I dont know if its different now, but I was in the first round of layoff's from circuit a couple months ago, and I am getting my severance check next week. .075 cents per hour worked during liquidation for part time, full time gets $1, and supervisors get $1.25. Dont seem like much, which it's not. But luckily I was working 50 hours every week during it for about 9-10 weeks, so it will be an ok, but tiny check.

That is just wrong! They should pay you your normal rate. A-holes.

[PrinceAllen]

FIRST OF ALL…it is VERY BAD that over 35,000 ppl will lose a job…

that being said…

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

I’ve never wanted any store to close EVER
EXCEPT for Circuit City!!

There time had come and they were just trash stores that had NOTHING to offer!!

PS. PPL WHO THINK THEY GET GOOD DEALS OUT OF LIQUIDATION SALES ARE STUPID!!!

[Beta Man]

Stopped by my local one that I picked up a few movies at (for a decent price) but they are G-O-N-E now..... I wish I would have caught the last couple of days of the blu-ray sales

[jw]

Originally Posted by PrinceAllen

FIRST OF ALL…it is VERY BAD that over 35,000 ppl will lose a job…

that being said…

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

I’ve never wanted any store to close EVER
EXCEPT for Circuit City!!

There time had come and they were just trash stores that had NOTHING to offer!!

PS. PPL WHO THINK THEY GET GOOD DEALS OUT OF LIQUIDATION SALES ARE STUPID!!!

wow, the numbers grew from 30k to 35k....the power of the internet

[SlmShdy1]

Originally Posted by alomar

Austina, I dont know if its different now, but I was in the first round of layoff's from circuit a couple months ago, and I am getting my severance check next week. .075 cents per hour worked during liquidation for part time, full time gets $1, and supervisors get $1.25. Dont seem like much, which it's not. But luckily I was working 50 hours every week during it for about 9-10 weeks, so it will be an ok, but tiny check.

The severance, is that on top of what you regularly make?

[calisoccer99]

Best Buy wont be going any where... they have let people go at a corporate level but none at a store level. And now with CC gone people will most likely turn to BB for their shopping

[dv8pdx]

Guess it really depends on where you live for these two stores. I live in the NW, and everyone at CC are rude, slow, and could care less that you're there, but my BB is educated in their departments, friendly, helpful and quick, yet someone on the east coast my tell you CC has the best service and BB sucks. I'd say every store works as well as its management trains you, but I know from me, no matter how bad I'm trained, I still couldn't be a dick to my customers.... guess that's why I have no pitty on the CC stores here closing. Even if you don't know your product, you can still be nice and helpful to your best ability. Not CC here!!! (and its that way for most CC stores here, not just one store). SO LONG CC STAFF, YOU EARNED IT! (Sad for those few who did try).

[jw]

Liquidation begins tomorrow!!!!!

http://www.circuitcity.com

Circuit City is one of the largest retail bankruptcies in the current U.S. recession and its demise paves the way for larger rival Best Buy Inc to boost sales and gain clout with suppliers as the leading electronics retailer.
The No. 2 retail player in U.S. electronics said it planned to begin liquidation on Saturday.
"Regrettably for the more than 30,000 employees of Circuit City and our loyal customers, we were unable to reach an agreement with our creditors and lenders to structure a going-concern transaction ... and so this is the only possible path for our company," Vice Chairman

[saprano]

How much do you think i can get a onkyo 805 for?

[HD 335]

Originally Posted by saprano

How much do you think i can get a onkyo 805 for?

Initially, not cheap since it's a discontinued item and the liquidator will discount from the full MSRP rather than retail price. But the cheapest I've seen it go for is $200 during the final 2 weeks of sale.

[Sammy]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

Best Buy is struggling as well, they are taking proactive steps as we speak.

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/2885276
may wanna stay up to date with things my friend

I get an "Article Expired" error when I click that link?

[joegs300]

I can't wait till they come out with their updated website.. see what I can spend money on!! =]

[saprano]

Originally Posted by HD 335

Initially, not cheap since it's a discontinued item and the liquidator will discount from the full MSRP rather than retail price. But the cheapest I've seen it go for is $200 during the final 2 weeks of sale.

Ok so how long until the final weeks?

How low will 52" and up tv's will be going for?

[dubldown]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

Well then I wish they would match Amazon's prices.

Depending on that weeks/months business and what the price difference was, I would match amazon prices.

The generic answer/store policy is they don't match online prices but depending on each scenario, I would do it now and then.

If the customer wanted a digital SLR for instance, and my price was $1,000 and they had some print out from some place in NY nobody had ever heard of for like $650, I'm not matching that ever.

But if the price difference was $100 and they were buying other items for the camera, I'd do it.

[andyman1970]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

Liquidation begins tomorrow!!!!!

http://www.circuitcity.com

I clicked your link and it said "We're up dating our site. Please check back later." or something like that.

[KingLeonidas300]

Based on the article from cnn.com

http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/16/news...ex.htm?cnn=yes

"The company said it will redeem its gift cards through the liquidation sale, but the cards will have no value once the stores are closed."

"The retailer's Web site and call center will cease to operate after Jan. 18."

It sounds like per the last quote the sales will be in store not online.

[Cplhicks]

Not a huge fan of CC, but one, too bad about the jobs, and two, too bad about competition. Competition between BB and CC helped to created better sale prices, etc, for everyone. With only really BB around, they don't have to be as cheap anymore. And there are plenty of times I got a better deal at CC instead of BB. Heck, just the other day I was looking for some little speaker part, at BB it was Monster only and $30. At CC they had the same thing, non-Monster, for $4.

Look at what happened when Gamestop and EB merged. Less competition/sales there too. More choices is better for everyone. What if all that was left was Walmart? (Ugh!) Sorry to hear about this.

[alomar]

Originally Posted by SlmShdy1

The severance, is that on top of what you regularly make?

Yeah forgot to mention that. I got my regular pay check with my normal pay, but the severance will come in one big check with all my hours with the $1.25 times all the hours I worked from Nov 5.- Dec 22.

[cartman781]

FYI JWBBUD CC.com states that they will still take gift cards