The Circuit City in my town is GHETTO. I am afraid to go in there, seriously. The store is in bad shape and the clientelle consists of the most scary people you can imagine. What is weird is that this store is right next to a very nice, clean retail area. Very weird.
Best Buy carries crap bottom of the line merchandise. Circuit City at least carries mid-line stuff.
BB blows for quality merch.
Not going to happen, at least yet....
No go!!!!!!!
That and if this helps put WorstBuy out of business that will be a good thing. So I hope it will go through, and kill BB
No go!!!!!!!
That and if this helps put WorstBuy out of business that will be a good thing. So I hope it will go through, and kill BB
Back your statement up. Let's look at home audio. Circuit City carries Onkyo and Harmon Kardon. Best Buy carries...?
I've worked at both places. Circuit City carries higher quality stuff then Best Buy.
That was a generalization
Computer components for example - CC's selection is crap compared to BB's. I guess each one has better brands in different sections. Speaking of audio - CC's cable selection blows. They just push that overpriced pos Monster crap and have many one or two RCA "regular" cables, for both audio and video. I was hooking up TV out from my computer and I had a $10 GC from CC - I couldn't find jack, so I went across the street and bought it at Best Buy.Who wants a computer component from Worst Buy anyway? Those can be bought for a lot cheaper online. Its the big ticket items that people like to buy locally.
Not really; selection, yes, Best Buy might have more. Quality, they are lower. Some manufacturers specifically tailor products for Best Buy; keep the price low and the quality decent. Try looking up some model numbers you find on Best Buy on a manufacturer's site. You might be surprised.Originally posted by: Angrymarshmello
That was a generalization
Any TV Best Buy has Circuit City has the same model or better. Same goes for audio, car-audio, or camcorders. Its just the way it is. Circuit City has the niche of mid-level consumer electronics. Best Buy has the niche of entry-level to low-mid-level.
It's called rebates. Go look in Hot Deals. Tell me how many BB/CC computer part deals you see. I personally hate rebates but many of the computer components after rebates are far less than their online counterpart prices.
To reply to your edit about cables...
For cables, CC carries Monster exclusively. Best Buy has their own brand plus Monster. Their own brand used to be called "Solutions". They'd sell them for $19.99 or up and the price after employee discount was anywhere from $0.75 - $1.50. Keep in mind the employee discount was 5% over cost.
Monster owns both companies though essentially for cables. CC does carries 3 versions of Monster though, THX cert (lowest), 2 (mid), 3 (best). All cables are overpriced though, no matter where you go unless you go to a wholesaler or something maybe like RadioShack (though they're still making bank of you)
For cables, CC carries Monster exclusively. Best Buy has their own brand plus Monster. Their own brand used to be called "Solutions". They'd sell them for $19.99 or up and the price after employee discount was anywhere from $0.75 - $1.50. Keep in mind the employee discount was 5% over cost.
Monster owns both companies though essentially for cables. CC does carries 3 versions of Monster though, THX cert (lowest), 2 (mid), 3 (best). All cables are overpriced though, no matter where you go unless you go to a wholesaler or something maybe like RadioShack (though they're still making bank of you)
Originally posted by: DanJ
Not really; selection, yes, Best Buy might have more. Quality, they are lower. Some manufacturers specifically tailor products for Best Buy; keep the price low and the quality decent. Try looking up some model numbers you find on Best Buy on a manufacturer's site. You might be surprised.Originally posted by: Angrymarshmello
That was a generalization
Any TV Best Buy has Circuit City has the same model or better. Same goes for audio, car-audio, or camcorders. Its just the way it is. Circuit City has the niche of mid-level consumer electronics. Best Buy has the niche of entry-level to low-mid-level.
Ehh nm you're right - I was thinking selection instead of quality. Thing is CC doesn't push themselves as a mid-level consumer electronics store. That's why they're going down the hole
Ahh that explains why. I just saw rack after frickin' rack of Monster cables.....something like $20 for a s-video cable? $25 for a y splitter for audio?
Yea, they are going down the hole for whatever reason. They don't have the marketing power of Best Buy plus their name doesn't help them (Circuit City < Best Buy). They need a shake-up, a re-thinking, or a buy out...but not from CrapUSA.
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