Circuit City Has Left Us, But Its Uniforms Live On
The Circuit City death watch is long over, but now there's a way to preserve those memories forever—maybe even to outfit an entire troupe of Circuit City re-enactors. Reader chainofcommand02 was shopping in a grocery outlet store when he discovered several cases of Circuit City polo shirts. Yours, for only $1.00.
He wrote:
Hey guys, I was shopping at a local grocery store (the UGO in Knoxville, TN) that sells odds and ends, scratch and dent stuff (think a Big Lots for grocery items) and I came across this table of new in bag Circuit City red polos. I am told that the company bought them for $0.25 a shirt, and they are selling them for $1.00 a shirt. I also found a few of the XXL shirts with a Generation C logo on a sleeve. They have like 8 cases of these things in different sizes, men and women's styles.
So, dear readers: What would you do with these shirts?
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Buy them all, wait a few years, and then make a killing selling them to hipsters for $30 each as "vintage".
I want one!
I'd go to the Unemployment office and cry.
Buy them all, hold them for a few months/years, then make a killing to whoever buys CircuitCity.com.
I'd consider buying some for a buck. Not a big fan of red shirts though.
You could always wear them when you cut the grass or change your oil.
If there was a Consumerist store, I would imagine this being a top seller.
Buy a whole bunch, use them to make a tent. Then put one on and set up outside of Best Buy with a cardboard sign that says "Will give poor service for food. No need to go inside."
Head start on next Halloween. I'm a scary Circuit City salesperson! Trick or Treat, buy the extended warranty! Ooga Booga, we only sort-of price match!
Too funny, they'd make great halloween costumes!
... gimme.
I worked there when these shirts first came out and htey were like gold, couldn't get one to save my life.
Sadly, I still have like 3 shirts from those days...
I sense a future Improv Everywhere stunt in which dozens of people are given these shirts and are set loose inside a Best Buy or Target.
See....my.... Vest, See My Vest, made from a real unemployment mess.
If I had the will or cash, I would buy them all and hand them out to the homeless.
Why yes, I am evil...why do you ask ?
Buy them and sell them on ebay!
You could maybe hack them into DIY Star Trek uniforms - the red shirts always die. :D
I'd give them to the homeless. Everybody likes a clean, new shirt - especially those that don't have them.
1) Start car warranty telemarketing company, outfit the entire staff with these shirts, call various congress-people over-and-over-and-over.
2) ?
3) Profit.
@Alexander: Unfortunately, they will only buy the shirts in size Extra Small. Anything larger will go to waste.
I'd get a shirt and then go to best buy, take some photos with the blue shirt cashiers, yellow shirt managers (whatever shirt their repair people use..) use a bunch of posed photos making sure to show the BB ans CC logos. then post them to the consumerist flicker pool. Bet your pics would be used more than any others could possibly ever.
too bad they did not donate them to a shelter or something.
Wear one to Target and then watch people get really mad when you point out that you don't work at Target.
@CSUSam:
Word. I have CC long/short sleve polos, Roadshop mechanic's shirts, and a bunch of vendor swag shirts and hats (Sirius, Pioneer, Eclipse, etc.)...and a few winter coats. No, I wasn't a manager - I just liked free stuff and did what I could to find it.
@redskull:
I would buy them all and send them to the Improv Everywhere people. They'll find a good use for them, I'm sure.
@SJActress: I'd buy one for me and all my friends, then go hang out at the local Best Buy just to see if people gave us any weird reactions. I can imagine it'd be worth a laugh or two.
@Preyfar: O please, go to BB and perform customer service! Imagine the weird look when someone asks you if anybody helped you today and you just say the guy in the CC shirt.
Halloween costume... fo' shooow
I saw these at our grocery outlet here in Asheville, NC a few days ago. I thought about snapping a picture for Consumerist but didn't for some reason....
How's the quality? I'm always up for a good quality polo/t-shirt. If the material is nicely woven and fits real well, I'll buy one!
I foresee a lot of Homeless sporting new shirts.
Commentary gold, all of you. Bravo!
@Donathius: Or, just walk around Best Buy in one, and see how many people ask "Do you work here?" or "Can you help me...?"
Be rude too, and see how many people say they are going to report you to the manager.
I'd sell 'em as "collectibles" on eBay.
This looks like a job for Improv Everywhere. I would get a ton of people together, put the shirts on, and hang out in BestBuy all day.
@Applekid: The problem, of course, is that no one has actually seen a Circuit City Salesman- and, chances are, when they saw you, they would no doubt ask about their computer they dropped off.
@redskull: Wow. I'd never really thought about the red shirts. Maybe the red shirt effect was what really did Circuit City in.
Iron a patch over the embroidery?