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The "New" CircuitCity.com Ships Shoddily-Wrapped TV Mount Missing Half Its Parts
The new CircuitCity.com is already disappointing customers, this time by shipping a half-complete TV mount that looks like it was wrapped by an over-caffeinated octopus. Unsurprisingly, our anonymous tipster had to slog his way through two customer service departments before extracting a promise to ship out the missing parts. Why can't CircuitCity.com just ship him a new mount? Apparently, they have to first botch the parts shipment. Our tipster decided this wasn't worth his time, and instead ordered a second mount. Circuit City promises to refund his money once they receive back the defective mount... More »

6:00 PM on Sat Jun 13 2009
By Carey
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Most discussed slickdealer: I'm sorry, but anyone who publicly says this: "Being a fan of Circuit City before it went under, I was excited more »
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Circuit City Sends Rebate Check One Year After Purchase
Jan bought a keyboard from Circuit City last year. Since then, the company filed Chapter 11, the stores liquidated and closed, and another company bought the name. But last week, Jan finally-FINALLY-received her rebate check. Now she wants to know: is cashing this thing a good idea? More »

6:15 PM on Thu Jun 4 2009
By Laura Northrup
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Most discussed PLATTWORX: First, the check should be from a rebate processor, not Circuit City. Second, why didn't Jan check on the status more »
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Tell Eerily Resurrected Circuit City To Step Off In One Easy Step
Just like the ending of a horror movie, Circuit City has gone and plunged its soil-covered claw from its grave. Its site may have new owners, but that doesn't mean it's lost all of your tasty personal info. More »

7:21 AM on Wed May 27 2009
By Phil Villarreal
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Zombie Retailer
CircuitCity.com Reborn As... Circuit City!
CircuitCity.com is back, and it looks eerily familiar. The zombie website is now controlled by Systemax, the same folks who own Tiger Direct. Though the new site may look similar to the old, no doubt part of Systemax's goal to keep alive a "proud brand that America has grown to count on," it isn't nearly as consumer-friendly as we would like... More »

6:00 PM on Sat May 23 2009
By Carey
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Most discussed paulrules: It's the same as Tigerdirect (Basically) but with a new front-end. I haven't had problems with Tigerdirect's return policy, as more »
Circuit City is dead. Long live Circuit City! Circuitcity.com is already about to relaunch. They'll let everyone know via Twitter when they open. No word whether they will actually be distinguishable from TigerDirect. MORE »

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TigerDirect Parent Company Buys Circuit City Website
Systemax Inc., parent company to discount electronics retailer TigerDirect and the new owner of CompUSA, has purchased Circuit City's brand, trademarks and e-commerce business, to the surprise of exactly no one. More »

3:27 PM on Wed May 13 2009
By Meg Marco
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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. More »

1:37 PM on Mon May 11 2009
By Laura Northrup
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Most discussed redskull: I'd consider buying some for a buck. Not a big fan of red shirts though. You could always wear them when more »
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Did Bad Customer Service Doom Circuit City?
Best-practices guru Joel Spolsky thinks Circuit City imploded because of their terrible customer service, not any "recession" or "macroeconomic conditions" nonsense. To prove his point, he looks at thriving New York electronics retailer B&H, which succeeds because they understand that stellar service leads to healthy profit margins. More »

10:00 AM on Sun May 10 2009
By Carey
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Most discussed mgy: It might not help that every Circuit City I've ever been to was built like a dungeon, where lights were more »

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Who Is Mourning The Death Of Circuit City? Monster Cable
The notoriously litigious manufacturers of insanely and (some would argue) needlessly expensive cables, Monster Cable, are apparently hurting after the death of Circuit City. USAToday says that the company is slashing prices in order to increase market share. More »

12:05 PM on Tue Apr 28 2009
By Meg Marco
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Worst Company In America: Bank of America VS Circuit City
A bittersweet goodbye to an incompetent electronics store? Or a kick in the butt to last years returning champion? More »

3:15 PM on Mon Apr 20 2009
By Meg Marco
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Most discussed Radi0logy: Circuit City just incompetent-ed themselves out of jobs. Bad at running a company, but not evil. BoA defines evil. more »
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Systemax Wants To Buy Circuit City Website For $6.5 Million
Systemax, the company behind Tiger Direct (and the buyer of CompUSA's remains when it went out of business over a year ago) has announced it plans to buy the Circuit City e-commerce business for $6.5 million cash plus a share of the revenue over a 30 month period. More »

5:34 PM on Mon Apr 13 2009
By Chris Walters
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Most discussed urbanturban666: circuit city is still somewhat alive in canada... a few years back all the radio shacks got turned into "the more »
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CircuitCity.com Threatens To Rise From The Ashes
A mysterious message can be found at the website of recently-defunct retailer Circuit City. More »
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Worst Company In America: AT&T VS Circuit City
The death star vs a bankrupt, liquidated retailer in its final year of eligibility? Who makes you angry? More »

4:48 PM on Mon Apr 6 2009
By Meg Marco
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Most discussed Radi0logy: Oh boy.. this is a tough one.. Gonna have to go with At&t, since CC never really hurt anybody, they were more »
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Best Buy Taking Over Circuit City Credit Cards
"Good news about your credit card account," proclaims the letter Wilman recently received from Chase. Starting in May, you'll be able to use that Circuit City card to make purchases at Best Buy. We think this is more like "mixed feelings" news, but on the plus side you won't have an otherwise good credit card account closed (assuming you care about your FICO score). See the Chase letter below. More »

4:37 PM on Tue Mar 31 2009
By Chris Walters
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Most discussed scoobydoo: This is interesting - because I think the current BestBuy card is operated by HSBC, so I wonder whether BestBuy more »
18 million is the number of square feet of retail space vacated by Circuit City. Yikes. [Consumer Reports] MORE »

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Circuit City is dead. [AP] MORE »

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Inspecting Circuit City Liquidation Merchandise Averts Disaster
Reader Eric writes in to let us know that our advice about inspecting Circuit City liquidation merchandise before buying it saved his brother from getting stuck with the wrong item. More »

11:37 AM on Fri Mar 6 2009
By Meg Marco
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The Chicago Tribune reports on the sad state of the Circuit City on Elston Ave. Apparently, the remaining stock consists mainly of American Idol themed merchandise and a Sony Viao with 9 missing keys for only $623.99. Don't skip school or anything, kids. [Chicago Tribune] MORE »

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