Now that Circuit City is getting liquidated, what happens to your gift cards? What about extended warranties and repairs? These burning questions and more, answered in our Consumers’ FAQ to the Circuit City liquidation extravaganza…
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GRAPH: The Decline And Fall Of Circuit City
By 1.16.09
Liquidation is a time for reflection, we guess, so we put together a nice little time line of Circuit City’s precipitous decline over the past 2 years. We begin our journey in March of 2007, when Circuit City announced that it was firing everyone who knew what 1080p meant so that they could hire cheaper labor…
Circuit City Will Completely Liquidate
By 1.16.09
Circuit City has reached an agreement with Gordon Brothers Great American Group LLC, Hudson Capital Partners LLC, SB Capital Group LLC and Tiger Capital Group LLC to start liquidating all of its stores. Sha na na na, na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye, to the dirty, the poorly stocked, the indifferent, the incompetent, the irrelevant. [AP] (Thanks to Jeremey!)
Criminal Complaint Against Embezzling Fry's VP Unsealed
By 12.23.08
Read the dirty details of the 26 page complaint against the Fry’s VP caught embezzling $65 million here. Post your favorite tidbits in the comments.
Fry's VP Arrested For Embezzling $65 Million
By 12.23.08
A Fry’s VP was arrested last Friday for embezzling $65 million from the electronics retailer to fuel a gargantuan gambling lifestyle and feed his appetite for excess.
Consumer Electronics Glut Forbodes Post-Christmas Price Slashing
By 12.22.08
Season’s Greetings from Obvious Land: There’s a glut of electronics on the shelves as shoppers only buy essentials. I predict crazy post-Christmas deals as vendors desperately shovel excess inventory out the door. [BusinessWeek] (Photo: Getty)
Free Shipping Today At Thinkgeek
By 12.1.08
Free shipping at Think Geek with coupon code CYBERMONDAY. Gawd, is “Cyber Monday” an obnoxious/perverted-sounding name or what? [ThinkGeek] (Thanks to Geoffrey!)
End Of Month Is Best Time For Gadget Haggling
By 12.1.08
A salesman at a major electronics retailer told FreeMoneyFinance a bevy of tips you can use to bargain down the prices in-store on big-ticket items, like:
Circuit City Bouncing Refund Checks, But Will Reissue Them
By 11.26.08
If you have a Circuit City refund check not deposited before 11/10, it’s going to bounce.
Aliph Quickly Replaces Melted Jawbone
By 11.26.08
Marc is happy to report that Aliph really came through for him after he complained about Jawbone smoking and melting after he plugged it into his computer:
Fear For Your Rebates: Largest Mail-In-Rebate Processor Missing $9 Million?
By 11.14.08
Allegedly, the largest rebate processor in North America, Continental Promotions Group (CPG), owes about $12 million in consumer rebates, but only has $3 million available. According to an insider tip received by [H]Enthusiast, CPG is telling its customers, among whom are some of the largest consumer electronics retailers, to regive it the money necessary to pay out all these rebates. Otherwise, all your little rebate checks might start bouncing. Assuming, of course, you were ever able to get them in the first place…
Circuit City Files For Bankruptcy
By 11.10.08
Circuit City has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. According to their press release, this will allow them to undergo corporate restructuring, cut costs, get out of leases and figure out a way to still make a go of it. The stores will continue to operate, and they will seek to still allow for returns, exchanges, and gift cards.
Beware Items Without Pricetags At Liquidated Circuit City Locations
By 11.6.08
A former Circuit City employee says he visited some of his old coworkers and found out about a trick the liquidators are using that you should beware:
Complete List Of Closing Circuit City Stores
By 11.3.08
Inside, as supplied by Circuit City, a complete list of their 155 stores that will be closing, a story we broke yesterday.
Geek Squad's Unionizing Efforts Met By Best Buy's Concerned Bulk Email
By 10.31.08
Emails are shooting around to Geek Squad employees, encouraging them to join the Communications Workers of America union, so Best Buy retorts with emails of its own to voice its concerns. In an email sent by corporate management, Best Buy spoke of its concerns about unions, that unions would hinder its ability to speak with and negotiate with each Geek Squad employee individually. For, there’s nothing like the closeness created when one employee negotiates with a hydra. That’s just one fun piece of FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) in the email, posted inside…
"A Woman Has Needs. And Right Now, I Need This Wild Cherry Steam Thing"
By 9.18.08
The copy on this Best Buy ad sent in by tipster Jordan reads, “A woman has needs. And right now, I need this wild cherry steam thing.” Oh, it’s a washer. And a dryer too, you say? Golly! I’ll take two. Let me just give you some of these emerald rectangle monetary devices out of my ebony zippery pouch device here… Full size inside.
