Sounds like that'd be a great topic, Ted. Especially with how things are now, lots of companies are looking at open source solutions to stay competitive.<div><br></div><div>Yea, I remember those days. I remember not liking CC for that alone, though I'm sure customers who weren't too sure what they wanted might have liked their eagerness.</div>
<div><div><br></div><div>--miguel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Ted Arden <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ted@tux.org">ted@tux.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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yeah.. i work at CC and they are doing<br>
okay.. not great, but all retailers are<br>
suffering. i built their linux store<br>
infrastructure which has been implimented<br>
across 40% of their chain. (probably would be<br>
a good topic for a monthly meeting). i still believe<br>
in them, they just need to find their nitch,<br>
and the store in monrovia kinda displays their<br>
movement to smaller footprint, more inventory<br>
and better customer experience.<br>
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that being said, if you think that BestBuy<br>
is an any better shape, i believe they BK'd<br>
about 9 years or so ago (/me too lazy too google)<br>
so everyone can restructure and re-invent.<br>
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you oldtimers like me on the list, remember when<br>
CC had commission based sales staff and you<br>
were scared of being attacked walking in?? they<br>
fixed that, they'll figure a way to fix their<br>
current prob.<br>
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saying 'don't buy this and do buy that from CC'<br>
is not like sharperimage who sold crap. this is<br>
still the #2 electronics store in the country.<br>
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On Sun, 2 Nov 2008, matti wrote:<br>
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> fyi - from a forum item on <a href="http://slickdeals.net" target="_blank">slickdeals.net</a><br>
> recalling the Big Lots deal Tom posted<br>
> about the laptop - which were "rerouted"<br>
> from Circuit City so I thought I should<br>
> pass this along:<br>
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> best<br>
> matti<br>
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> ==== ====<br>
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> circuitcity in trouble<br>
> No sure if Hot deals is the place for this but here it is anyway<br>
> Mods move as required<br>
> Some old news but troubling anyway<br>
> WSJ article on CC closing stores from Oct.20th<br>
> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/rb...4020081020" target="_blank">http://www.reuters.com/article/rb...4020081020</a><br>
> Possible delisting from NYSE stock price currently $0.26<br>
> <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_1...398-1.html" target="_blank">http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_1...398-1.html</a><br>
> Sony trucks being turned away (insider tip)<br>
> <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5072782/sony-t...-shipments" target="_blank">http://gizmodo.com/5072782/sony-t...-shipments</a><br>
> Internal CC letter detailing store closure<br>
> <a href="http://consumerist.com/5074161/br...155-stores" target="_blank">http://consumerist.com/5074161/br...155-stores</a><br>
><br>
> I posted this so people are aware<br>
> 1: Don't buy any CC giftcards (if CC goes bankrupt you would be considered an unsecured creditor)<br>
> 2: Don't buy any Firedog services<br>
> 3: Don't buy any extended warranties if they're CC's<br>
> 4: If you buy anything and need to return remember check local CC's if one closes others will take returns (as per internal letter)<br>
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