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DugDawg
01/17/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Circuit City
This is unfortunate. I really liked Circuit City and I feel bad for all of those who will be out of work.
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CitizenInsane27 (Would like to eat your soul please.)
01/16/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Circuit City
Game over man! Game over!
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Gam3r
01/16/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Circuit City
Gamestop should open some Super Gamestops in those big box locations.
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Demonbird
01/16/09

@Gam3r:

It simply wouldn't work. The sheer amount of product you would need to occupy that space would be ridiculous with what they carry.

a Gaming megastore with games of all eras and tourney set ups and whatnot would be a paradise though.
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Gam3r
01/16/09

@Demonbird:
Gamestop already has prototype stores that big.
[www.neogaf.com]
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Demonbird
01/16/09

@Gam3r: No, those stores are big, but they aren't nearly as large as a circuit city.
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Demonbird
01/16/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Circuit City
No, will they liquidate honestly, or give us the finger like they did on the other store liquidations?

I liked Circuit city a lot until the one in my area went to shit last year, and I am sad to see them go. However, if they are leaving, give us some honest liquidation deals this time around.
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kylenalepa
01/16/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Circuit City
I'm on the phone right now to get warranty service from them on my TV before they're completely gone. I've been on hold for about 45 minutes. Grr!
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kylenalepa
01/16/09

@kylenalepa: Still on hold! >_<
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Archaotic
01/16/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Circuit City
Wow...good thing I cancelled my Street Fighter 4 preorder at CC.com and switched it to Amazon on Monday...
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Mount_Prion
01/16/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Circuit City
Maybe PC Richards will survive now after all?
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MerlynNY
01/16/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Circuit City
Good Riddance to Circuit City. I never liked the store. If you were looking for savings CC would be the last place to go. The store was always empty, the employees would huddle in a corner and hang out, and god forbid you needed help with something. I really don't have anything to say that was good about CC.

Though it does suck to see so many unemployed at this time with the economey going down the crapper.
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KaneRobot
01/16/09

@MerlynNY: If you were looking for savings CC would be the last place to go.

Then you'd be missing out. Their clearance sales put most other stores to shame.
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TRT-X
01/16/09

@MerlynNY: Yeah...this is what I always thought too. CC always had the selection, but that's because they charged WAY too much for stuff.

And they had that "shady" process of promising a game/movie in @ 2pm only to reneg on the deal when they revleaed that they did in fact have it...but only like 3 copies which are all gone.

They did this to themselves.
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TRT-X
01/16/09

@KaneRobot: By the time they've put stuff on Clearance, every other store in the country's had it on sale for the past 6-7 months.
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ben72227
01/16/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Circuit City
Meh - it's only natural for more of these big brick and mortar electronics retailers to go under the online market gets larger. Why buy anything from Circuit City when you can get the same thing off of Newegg, Amazon, etc. for cheaper and less hassle? The only time I'd go in there is if I needed to see something in person before I ordered it online.
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NeoAkira
01/16/09

@ben72227:

Except this isn't because of the "impending" doom of brick and mortar stores. This is because of a shitty economy.
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CatboyMac's angry girlfriend
01/16/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Circuit City
The sales will be legendary.
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KaneRobot
01/16/09

@CatboyMac's angry girlfriend: Legendary in that almost everyone will be disappointed.
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RockyRan
01/16/09

@KaneRobot: No, that was Black Friday Best Buy deals of last year. THOSE were legendarily disappointing.
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Gyaruson
01/16/09

@RockyRan:

I got a 42'' Panasonic Plasma (model TH-42PZ85U) from Circuit City this Black Friday. I really, really hope that it don't nothing goes wrong in the next forever years. I saved 600 bucks off the retail price, so I'm happy, but damn I'll be pissed it something happens.
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bakagaijin
01/16/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Circuit City
So it looks like I'm out of a job....

Now what?
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doubtful
01/16/09

@bakagaijin and F4LLENS0LDIER and Bryan Young:

Seriously, good luck to you all and everyone else affected by this. I hope better things come your way.
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EnigmaNemesis
01/16/09

@bakagaijin:

So it looks like I'm out of a job....

Now what?

Start job hunting.
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bakagaijin
01/16/09

@EnigmaNemesis: already on it!
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Babelfish
01/16/09

@bakagaijin: You're not alone. CC3326, Bellingham, WA here. I saw it coming and was mentally prepared (and am living with my parents, so the financial burden isn't there), but it still sucks... even if part of me was hoping for this outcome.

I'd really like to thank Kotaku, though, for being mature and respectful about this. I'm not in a bad position, but so many of our coworkers are, and eRags like The Consumerist are taking joy in this. It's disgusting. A lot of people who had nothing to do with CC's failures are out of jobs, now, and a lot of them are totally fucked without this income. Kicking them while they're down is not cool. :(
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EnigmaNemesis
01/16/09

@bakagaijin:

Good luck to you... and thank goodness I didnt jump on the nice LCD I was looking at yesterday.

Then again, I doubt we will see any good sales from this.
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bakagaijin
01/16/09

@QuietStorm: Sorry man. Yeah Holyoke, MA here. Thankfully, from the sounds of it, you'll be ok, so thats good to hear. As for myself I have enough savings to hold out for awhile, so I'll be fine, but there are many who aren't so lucky. Good luck finding a new job.

@EnigmaNemesis: I would definitely wait if you can. From what I've read the company in charge of liquidation are some shady characters. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
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EnigmaNemesis
01/16/09

@bakagaijin:

Yeah, that was my concern.

Thanks for the heads up.
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MindPrints
01/16/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Circuit City
This sucks! I wish all the BEST to those employees!
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Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!
01/16/09

@MindPrints: I see what you did there... Clever. :)
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Heliophage
01/16/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Circuit City
I definitely didn't see this coming. It's going to weird not seeing them around anymore.

Not to be insensitive, but I'm curious if there will be liquidation sales. I see ads for them all the time for small business carpet sales places, but this would be one I would actually go to.
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crim
01/16/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Circuit City
I'll miss them, big fan of as much competition as possible. Even the bad kind. And most of the good items will probably be returned to the distributors.
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Americo
01/16/09

@crim: Whatever's left at least. A few days before Christmas, I overheard a woman that worked there telling a customer that they hadn't even been getting shipments, just a few here and there.
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The Sad Onion Symbol Thing
01/16/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Circuit City
Hmmm hoping for a 70% off sale now..........
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Americo
01/16/09

@kwkwyjib0: [abcnews.go.com]
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