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01-16-2009
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Circuit City closing all stores Circuit City Quote: Circuit City would like to thank all of the customers who have shopped with us over the past 60 years. Unfortunately, we announced on January 16, 2009, that we are going out of business. Wow, according to them, they employ 34,000 people... That sucks. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell 8400 OS Windows 7 Beta 1 b7000 CPU Intel Pentium 4 Memory 4GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD3450 Sound Card Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Monitor(s) Displays Acer AL2016W Screen Resolution 1680x1050 Keyboard Dell Multimedia Keyboard Mouse Logitech MediaPlay Case Dell 8400 Cooling Standard Hard Drives 1x500GB
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01-16-2009
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| | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RTM Somewhere on the 3rd rock from the sun. |
This is old news, but only in lieu of the following - they announced they were closing most of their stores back in September or October....
I knew they were going out of business then - they were not attemtping to consolidate their merchandise, each store was selling what it had.... | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number The Beast Model IV OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RTM CPU Intel Core2Quad 6600 @ 3321MHz Motherboard eVGA 780i A1 Memory 2 * 2 GB OCZ ReaperX PC28000 @ 500MHz (1000MHz DDR) Graphics Card eVGA nVidia GTX 260 SLI'd w/ eVGA nVidia GTX260 SSC Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC888S (onboard) Monitor(s) Displays 2 * Acer X213Wbd Screen Resolution 2 * 1680 x 1050 Keyboard Logitech G15 Keyboard Mouse Logitech MX Revolution '06 PSU OCZ ModXStream 780W Case ThermalTake Armour VA8003BWS Cooling Tuniq Tower 120 LFB, 25cm case, 2x12cm I/O and 2 x 12cm O Hard Drives 2 * Seagate 500 GB 32MB Cache SATA II |
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01-16-2009
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| | W 7 64-bit Ultimate Vista 64-bit Ultimate XP SP3 32-bit Pro Ubuntu 32-bit 9.10 The Lowcountry |
I bet you could find some good deals; I wish I had some extra disposable income....
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01-16-2009
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| | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RTM Somewhere on the 3rd rock from the sun. |
lmfao - the one here in town has been closed since the beginning of December.
I was gonna try to score a nice HD TV or a Blu Ray burner - bu when I first found out about it they had 'select' merchandise at 10-20% off- nothing that I wanted - and every thing else was reg price.
After that the semester started to end, and I got too busy to go look. I went back near the end of December and everything was gone. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number The Beast Model IV OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RTM CPU Intel Core2Quad 6600 @ 3321MHz Motherboard eVGA 780i A1 Memory 2 * 2 GB OCZ ReaperX PC28000 @ 500MHz (1000MHz DDR) Graphics Card eVGA nVidia GTX 260 SLI'd w/ eVGA nVidia GTX260 SSC Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC888S (onboard) Monitor(s) Displays 2 * Acer X213Wbd Screen Resolution 2 * 1680 x 1050 Keyboard Logitech G15 Keyboard Mouse Logitech MX Revolution '06 PSU OCZ ModXStream 780W Case ThermalTake Armour VA8003BWS Cooling Tuniq Tower 120 LFB, 25cm case, 2x12cm I/O and 2 x 12cm O Hard Drives 2 * Seagate 500 GB 32MB Cache SATA II |
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Bose 301 Series III Speakers (Main channel) |
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Optimus 3 way 100-W speaker (Center) |
Logitech Premium Notebook Headset (USB / Mini plug) |
01-17-2009
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I'd also be careful because they sold everything to liquidators, and liquidators are notorious for jacking the price up and then putting signs with huge amounts of % off, but since the original price is jacked up, you still end up paying the same, if not more, than what the item costs elsewhere, or at that same store before they went out of business.
And yes, it is no surprise since they were doing so poorly, but they only announced they were shuttering some stores last year. Now that they're closing every single one, and the website no longer works, I think its mostly sad just because of the sheer number of jobs lost. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell 8400 OS Windows 7 Beta 1 b7000 CPU Intel Pentium 4 Memory 4GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD3450 Sound Card Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Monitor(s) Displays Acer AL2016W Screen Resolution 1680x1050 Keyboard Dell Multimedia Keyboard Mouse Logitech MediaPlay Case Dell 8400 Cooling Standard Hard Drives 1x500GB
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01-17-2009
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| | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RTM Somewhere on the 3rd rock from the sun. |
Welcome to the remnants of the economy. Rumors are abounding in the US that the government might actually take over a good portion of the banking industry....the auto market is slowly dying, and yet not one of these execs has given up their perks.
F'em - I don't care if GM and Ford die - they want to continue to mismanage themselves they deserve to rot. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number The Beast Model IV OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RTM CPU Intel Core2Quad 6600 @ 3321MHz Motherboard eVGA 780i A1 Memory 2 * 2 GB OCZ ReaperX PC28000 @ 500MHz (1000MHz DDR) Graphics Card eVGA nVidia GTX 260 SLI'd w/ eVGA nVidia GTX260 SSC Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC888S (onboard) Monitor(s) Displays 2 * Acer X213Wbd Screen Resolution 2 * 1680 x 1050 Keyboard Logitech G15 Keyboard Mouse Logitech MX Revolution '06 PSU OCZ ModXStream 780W Case ThermalTake Armour VA8003BWS Cooling Tuniq Tower 120 LFB, 25cm case, 2x12cm I/O and 2 x 12cm O Hard Drives 2 * Seagate 500 GB 32MB Cache SATA II |
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Bose 301 Series III Speakers (Main channel) |
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Optimus 3 way 100-W speaker (Center) |
Logitech Premium Notebook Headset (USB / Mini plug) |
01-17-2009
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Indeed, couldn't agree more...but at what cost does this come to the average person? Something must be done, but at the same time it just seems like we're stuck in the status quo.
Here's to hoping the 20th on will bring something new and hopeful to the situation. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell 8400 OS Windows 7 Beta 1 b7000 CPU Intel Pentium 4 Memory 4GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD3450 Sound Card Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Monitor(s) Displays Acer AL2016W Screen Resolution 1680x1050 Keyboard Dell Multimedia Keyboard Mouse Logitech MediaPlay Case Dell 8400 Cooling Standard Hard Drives 1x500GB
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01-19-2009
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Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt This is old news, but only in lieu of the following - they announced they were closing most of their stores back in September or October....
I knew they were going out of business then - they were not attemtping to consolidate their merchandise, each store was selling what it had.... Yes indeed, I remember. They said not to purchase gift cards before the holidays started. There were a few more stores but can't remember them.
Buzz out Load (mostly PC (non mac)) podcast for the most part seem glad as CC fired all their good sales persons and hired zombies that were clueless, at half the cost, that knew nothing and was glad to see this. So they say. I don't have to much experience with them so I don't know but I do know a Samsung $1800 TV can be purchased from Amazon for $1149 so why on earth would you purchase from a store if you can get it free, much less and pay no sales tax and buy a (3) year warranty and still have much less?!?!?!?!?
For the jobless though, that does stink. I've been saying for years, made in china, made in china, and I got on everyones nerves (when going into a store), now they get it. Now its too late. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Intel OS Windows 7 CPU D940 Intel Duo Core Motherboard Intel D945GTP Memory OCZ Platinum Graphics Card Nvidia 7600 256 GT Sound Card On Board but use external Firewire Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung Screen Resolution 1200x1078 Keyboard Apple Keyboard Mouse Logitech PSU Generiz 550 Case Can't remember but looks like a G4 Cooling Intel Fan Hard Drives Several internal Sata Internet Speed 1.5 Mega Bytes per second (cable) 15000 mbits |
01-22-2009
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| | Vista Ultimate SP2/Windows 7 Ultimate/x64/XP SP3 in VM Toronto, Canada |
The Canadian arm is called "The Source by Circuit City" and is looking for a buyer so hopefully will remain open. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Alienware® ALX X58 OS Vista Ultimate SP2/Windows 7 Ultimate/x64/XP SP3 in VM CPU Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme 3.89 GHz 8MB Cache Motherboard Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 Socket 1366 Memory 12GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 2048MB Graphics Card 1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295/Hauppauge HVR2250 TV Tuner Sound Card Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio Monitor(s) Displays Viewsonic® 22" VX2240w LCD W/S Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050 Keyboard Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired Mouse Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired PSU Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU Case Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling Cooling Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening Hard Drives 2 x 500gb SATA II
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