Just in case you’re wondering if your local Circuit City store is going to be open this holiday season, Circuit City just announced the list of the 155 stores closing ASAP. [PDF link] These stores will be shut down quickly, with Firedog employees and Roadshop installers allegedly getting cut today and the inventory transfered to other locations. Do not expect liquidation or blow-out sales as part of the reason for the closures is that the company needs the extra inventory.
On a personal note, I’m glad to see the store [3631] that I called home for 6 long years is not closing - yet.
I’m not quite sure how there are no Pennsylvania stores on that list.
I can see how the Kansas stores out here are closing. No body is ever in there when I got there. Plus one is right next to a Best Buy which I’m sure isn’t good for business.
I’m shocked that the La Cienega one here in Los Angeles isn’t being shuttered. The store is constantly a mess and out of stock on various items. I just assumed they weren’t getting merchandise in prep of the store closing.
Sounds like the one in North Hollywood. Place is a dump. Hell, the sign outside hasn’t been illuminated for over a year and a half, there’s no lights in the tiny parking lot, and there were always guys hanging out near a dumpster in said lot, either circle jerking or getting high– I’m not sure which, but then again, better off not to investigate at all. Movies? Forget it. Games? No chance.
And yet, there it is, still open. What the heck man?
No OREGON stores that good, I like Circuit City. I’v gotten some great things there recently on sale (TV, webcam, headset).
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