That tagline has been there since they shut down. They were probably hoping to sell the website/branding to someone that would keep it going.

Hmm. I was more expecting a bitter "You won't have Circuit City to kick around any more!", than that message.

In regards to CompUSA, does anyone really purchase anything on their site? Also, is it true that they still have stores open in TX and FL?

Wasn't that message posted there in like... January?

@xAnarChisTx: there are stores still open. they are owned by tigerdirect so if you buy from tiger you buy from comp. i like that i work 5 miles from one of the stores.

@The_IT_Crone: Yes!

@xAnarChisTx: All stores were closed from the previous CompUSA. TigerDirect IS running a few of their stores, but none in Texas and also TigerDirect runs the website.

The only good to come from CompUSA dying is that TigerDirect has become a pleasant to deal with now. I order from them quite often.

This is probably the same as when a family-owned restaurant says they're closing "in order to care for a sick family member." It saves face and sounds better than saying, "We're closing because we don't know how to run a business."

Circuit City is a lumbering zombie that just won't die. Did they think that the "Circuit City" was a sellable name? There's a reason why people don't name their kids "Adolph".

@redskull: Or "We're closing because the health department is making us.

My guess is that they're going to sell the domain name and branding rights (god knows why), so they need to maintain them.

Well, the Circuit City stores are still operating in Canada, to my knowledge, so it's likely that they are revamping their website to serve the Canadian market rather than continuing to use "The Source by Circuit City" as they do now.

@ThinkerTDM: actually someone did.. Then got his kids taken away by CPS

@CaptZ: Yeah, I was kinda pleasantly surprised by TigerDirect actually. I bought a refurb PC from them back in September - the price was great, it came quickly, was well-packaged, and works like a dream. A very satisfying experience.

@CaptZ: You're kidding... TD + CUSA = good service? I'm genuinely shocked. Maybe I'll give them a shot next time I need something cheap.

@xAnarChisTx: There is one by my work office here by Tampa, FL.. The store has bailed me out a few times for some odds and ends I didn't want to wait for newegg to ship to me.

@ThinkerTDM: Well, if anybody really wanted to, they could buy the name, and use what Circuit City was recently tossing around, which was "The City". Granted, it's a shitty nickname, and it would still carry on the legacy, kinda.

@xAnarChisTx: The tiger store in Durham, NC is going to be called CompUSA soon...so it looks like they're baaaaa-aaaaccck.

As part of the liquidation, the Circuit City name was sold at auction. So circuitcity.com is now owned by a totally different entity.

@ThinkerTDM: They do, but those kids don't get cake.

@nwaasob: Woah, I didn't know TD had actual stores?

Then again, I live in Upstate NY, where we only have 25% of what the rest of the country has, in terms of retail and food. =P

I doubt anything will come of this. Many brands have been bought up recently (eg. Sharper Image), but nothing has really been done with them.

There 3 stores in TX (see [www.compusa.com])

Actually CompUSA is now not an online-only operation. TigerDirect has named all of its retail stores "CompUSA Outlet".

SirWired

@xAnarChisTx: I live about a mile from one in the Dallas area. It's alive and kicking, and frankly, with CC gone, is kinda a nice "other choice" for computer stuff, alongside Fry's and Microcenter. Oh and uh, best buy.

Aw, man, they were SO CLOSE.

But for maximum effect, this should have happened in a couple of days. Y'know, for better symbolism.

As it is, "the Wednesday before Maundy Thursday" isn't very cool.

@aphex242: That's cool. around me, We used to have just Best Buy, Circuit City, and CompUSA. Now it's just BB, unless I wanted to order everything online. I usually just get stuff from Newegg, and I'm good.

My .02 is that CircuitCity.com will come back as a website online etailer similar to other Amazon or Buy.com. They get a ton of traffic, could sell ads on it's pages like Walmart.com or even partner up with a brick and mortar store (ex. HHGregg, PCRichards) for In-store pickup.

The site is still registered to the company, so who knows.

This happened with CompUSA. Tiger electronics bought the name and website. It is very cheap to display the same products at multiple websites from a common database.

@xAnarChisTx: I know of one that's still open in Norfolk, VA. I haven't been there since they laid me off 10 years ago, but they're still up and running.

@loogee: Yeah that's what I thought when I saw it too. Combining with other posts, maybe they're hoping to sell the brand name and domain to someone who wants to start an online home electronics retailer.

These company need to know when to stay the fuck down. The bell has rung. The match is over and your ass got knocked out. Stay down.

Wise from your gwave!

Heck if the Service Merchandise name can come back why not the Circuit City name.

Of course, the new Service Merchandise is now just two strip mall jewerly stores versus a Southeaster US regional retailer employing hundreds with headquarters based in Brentwood, TN.

For those who don't know Service Merchandise it was a store chain that employed the exact opposite of Walmarts stocking methods. Service Merchandise stores were all warehouse and a small show room. You took a ticket or number from the display product and somebody pulled the carton and sent it down a conveyor for you to pay. Walmart stocks nothing in stores-except what is on the shelves- and relies on a close to just-in-time restocking almost directly from product vendors via central and massive-sized logistics shipping warehouses.

Also , for the record, I once lived around the corner from the Service Merchandise HQ and the only vestiges of the company now is the Service Merchandise Drive that leads to a new office park encompassing the onetime HQ building. My ex-wife and I lived there when it cratered and shopped the closing sale at the Cool Springs store nearby to the HQ that had probably been the crown jewel store at one time.

Montgomery Wards did this. Closed everything store wise prior to 2001 and went back to catalog business. They are still around too. [www.wards.com]

@CardedForDissent: I believe thats what happened with CompUSA and Tiger Direct snatched them up and reopened some retail locations.

Is it too late to squeese them into the Worst Company In America contest?

The headquarters for CC is by me and they are still liquidating it. Every other radio ad is for the liquidation of cubicles and copiers etc. I think they might be trying to sell the website but who really knows.

@xkaluv: I think CC was on the brackets.

@Red_Eye: Apparently the company that bought what was left of Montgomery Ward went bankrupt too.
I want to say Swiss Colony bought what was left of the company that bought Montgomery Ward.

Eat...More...Brains!

@chrisjames: Wal-Mart cake only

You can fight against the Circuit City Zombie by yourself, of with your friends if you pay an extra $5.

I don't understand why people will pay money to use names synonymous with poor service and quality.

It's probable they intended to relaunch the site as a support marketing tool for the liquidation but corporate wouldn't relinquish it to the liquidators. If they do come back as a web-only operation, it will only be long after the obligations of the bankruptcy have been cleared and ownership of the URL has been established. Could be a year or so.

Wow, first CC is threatening to rise from the dead in a grisly return to pre-2008 terror. What's NEXT?!
Umm, can someone please put a second stake in Cheney and Bush's hearts? They might start getting ideas...

@CaptZ: I work for a non-profit agency, and deal with a company called Global - which is part of Tiger Direct (Well it's Tiger Directs government arm which deals with agencies and non-profit agencies like where I work.)

I have ALWAYS been happy with them, I even purchase only their Systemax PC's - Great PC's.

It was funny when Tiger Direct purchased CompUSA - they started to change everything over to the CompUSA name, and the people I dealed with at global even got CompUSA email addresses.... but then because of licensing issues of selling non-profit prices of stuff and other legal reasons, at least the "Global" part of it dropped the CompUSA all together and only goes by Global now.

@nwaasob: yeah, the one in raleigh already put up a temporary sign

Aw, dammit. Quick, what's the business equivalent of a wooden stake through the heart, head stuffed with garlic, and face-down burial at a crossroads?