Ectoplasmic, barely visible air quotes waggle over Circuit City’s new “24/24” guarantee. Or, put more succinctly by reader Jon M: “Circuit City’s new ’24/24′ guarantee is a load of hooey.”
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Circuit City Puts Out The Gimp
By 6.26.06
Heroic cripple motors to local Circuit City, drags his limbless torso in by a combination of Prince Randian-like body undulations and chin dragging. Purchases new battery for tongue-controlled wheelchair. Declines service plan. Vengeful Circuit City employee, denied a commission, cackles evilly as blasts of lightning streak behind him, casting him in penumbric silhouette. Makes handicapped customer carry wheelchair battery to the car himself.
Consumer Writes, Consumerist Criticizes
By 6.21.06
We definitely love you guys, but it’s not all snuggles all the time here at The Consumerist. If you send us something, we’re not afraid to post it and say when you’re being a jerk. We don’t want to lose you as a reader… and as much of a jerk as you may or may not have been, we can nine times out of ten understand your frustration. But we also want you guys to be reasonable, polite, responsible consumers, and that means the occasional light slap.
Shamu Proves Retailers Don’t Care About Credit Card Signatures
By 6.20.06
Conclusive proof that signing your credit card slip is completely irrelevant: The Credit Card Prank II.
Best Buy Repair Melts Meat, Not Hearts
By 6.15.06
There is some use crying over spilt ice cream, though Best Buy won’t shed too many tears over it. That’s just as well. The resulting mix would leave a bad taste in your mouth, just like their customer service, as Nikki found when trying to get her refrigerator repaired.
Who Sucks the Most: Best Buy, CompUSA, Frys, or Circuit City?
By 4.25.06
[H]Consumer bought 4 computers from 4 different retailers and compared and contrasted the experiences. Then he made a diorama using this week’s vocab words.
UPDATE: Where’s My Ebate?
By 4.19.06
David said he had tried to get his Ebate for months upon months and hadn’t heard any response to his multiple inquries by email, web sumbissions and phone. Thanks to a tip by Anne-Marie, we got the name and email of Ebate’s customer care manager. We pointed out David’s plight and our post on the matter. The manager responded and we forwarded his response to David, who just sent us this email:
CircuitCity Practices Deceptive Rebate Marketing
By 3.13.06
It all depends on what your definition of, “is a receipt,” is.
Shophacks: Don’t Give Up on Rebates
By 1.16.06
Matt W. writes us with this handy admonishment for those tempted to the evil of rebates:
I purchased a new HP Pavilion m7250n Media Center PC at Circuit City on Nov. 26. One of the reasons I did so was that they had an incredible deal if you factored in the rebates: The PC was $1069.99, then there was a $50 HP MIR, plus a whopping $120 Circuit City MIR. Which made the PC $899.99 after rebates. Like I said, a fabulous deal. The rebate window was ending in 24 hours after I saw the price, and you hade to make the purchase on-line. With Circuit City, that’s no big deal, since I could specify in-store pickup as the delivery method, and the closest one is 1.5 miles from my house. There would be no delayed gratification for me.
Consumers Speak: Best Buy vs Circuit City
By 12.30.05
Rick B writes:
It may be a bit late for tales of Christmas shopping woe, but what the heck–its slow at work today. [No joke. -Ed.]
Morning Deals Round-Up: Christmas Clearances, Soniccare, eBay, DVDs
By 12.27.05
• Today only, pay just 10 cents to list an item on the store the sows distrust in your fellow man: eBay. Obviously they are encouraging you to dump all the crap you got this Christmas and we think you should take advantage of it, because you are never going to fit into that after what you ate this weekend.
Morning Deals Round-Up: Shoes, MP3 Players, Games
By 12.22.05
• The clothing clearouts are getting nicer. The code holiday2005, for instance, will get you 40%—and sometimes free shipping—at Timberland.com.
Morning Deals Round Up
By 11.26.05
• Grab Turbo Tax Basic, Quicken Deluxe ’06, and a paper shredder at Staple’s online store for $0 after ‘easy rebates.’ (Easy rebates can be processed online.) Get the codes at SlickDeals.
