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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...
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zombie retailers
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 » -
excuses
Is The Patriot Act Stopping Gateway From Fixing Your Laptop?
Gateway claims that the Patriot Act is holding up delivery of the part needed to fix Redwoodflyer's laptop, which has been broken since October. Seems believable to us! More » -
sales
Morning Deals
- Threadless: All shirts $12
- Amazon: Tonka Sand Force Dump Truck & Loader $4-$5 each, squirting trucks $6 & up
- Steep And Cheap:
Black Diamond Momentum AL Climbing Harness for $22Sold out, but they have other deals on outdoor gear.
- Tiger Direct: Refurb NEC VT590 XGA LCD Projector $400
- Brooks Brothers: Summer Clearance: Save up to 60% off Men's & Women's Fashion
- Buy.com: Fantom GreenDrive 1TB Low Power USB Drive $150 & Free Shipping
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sales
Morning Deals
- Amazon: Lego sale. 50% off 8 Different Items
- Walgreens: 6 Sharpies for $2 (in-store only)
- eforcity: iPod/iPhone charging cable for $7.99 (down from $43.99)
- DealExtreme: iPod/iPhone charging cable for $3.46
- Woot: It's a woot-off!
- Best Buy: Dynex DX-LCD32 32-inch LCD HDTV $490
- Tiger Direct: Unlocked Motorola RAZR V3 GSM Cell Phone $100
- Buy.com: Kodak Z1285 12 Megapixel Digital Camera $90 Shipped
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compusa
CompUSA Says They'll Make Sure Your TAP Service Is Honored
Lonny Paul, the director of e-commerce for the rebooted CompUSA, contacted us today regarding a reader's tale of TAP woe. Lonny writes,
More »The All-New CompUSA will do everything they can to assure customer satisfaction, including working with Assurant to ensure satisfacton or handle it ourselves.
It is very important to the All-New CompUSA that every customer know that things are much different. In addition to the wider selection and lower prices, there is a higher level of customer service.
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sales
Morning Deals
- Kohl's: 80-90% Clearance Sale
- Disney Outlet: Kid's costumes up to 80% off, plus extra 20% off code
- Amazon: Dr. Martens Men's 1914 Cherry Red Size 14 Boots $38
- Tiger Direct: UTStarcom GSM708 Unlocked GSM Phone $20
- Butterfly Photo: Canon Rebel XSi 12MP DSLR & Lens $790 Shipped
- Expedia: Save 30% off Hotels, Cars, Cruises & Other Travel
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TigerDirect announced it will buy all that's left of CompUSA. Finally, the rumors have come true. [ArsTechnica]
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complaints
Consumers Speak: Gateway Laptop Lemon
We heartily recommended a refurbished Roomba yesterday as we've had great luck in the past purchasing reconditioned electronics. (Although, in retrospect, we haven't bought very many reconditioned robots.) We did call Roomba yesterday to question what exactly their reconditioning process entailed and were told—not very reassuringly—that "all the broken parts are replaced." More »
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