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How the heck did a Shack for Radios outlive a whole City of Circuits?

Naming it "The City" was just stupid.

You forgot one specific thing that Circuit City did, that accelerated their demise, and this was really, really dirty.  They took their highest-paid wage people, laid them off, then offered them their jobs back - at starting wage.  The people that did accept were extremely jaded and the ones that didn't, were replaced with people that should have been flipping burgers.  It was not a good mix of floor employees.

Meanwhile Carmax is THRIVING.

My Circuit City got turned into a Sports Authority.
When Sports Authority closed, it got turned into Burlington Coat House.

The decision to get rid of appliances was a big factor in their decline--they missed out on the housing boom, and thus significant revenue from appliance sales.

If you would like some former employee insight: I worked at the Circuit City in Springfield, IL around 2006-2007.

This was when HDMI cables first hit the market along with HDDVD, Blu-ray, PS3, complete with 720p/720i and 1080p/1080i plasma/LCD televisions.

While I was not on commission,  we were still expected to have good sales numbers.   I was the best of 8 floor employees with closing roughly $20k/ week in direct sales,  I was also only 1 of 3 employees that knew how to set up a full entertainment system- such as audio receivers and tvs to 5.1/7.1/9.1 surround setups to several peripherals (game consoles, blu-ray, HDDVD, cable, computer) utilizing RCA, Composite, Component, Monster speaker wire, digital coaxial, optical fiber audio cable, DVI, and HDMI cables.   There POS software was some shitty ms-dos proprietary abomination complete with all green lettering...

Despite all this,  I was fired on the spot one day.   Why? You ask.... because a regional manager was undercover posing as a shopper.  Walking around with a random Best Buy brochure.   I offered assistance,  but he declined.   I told him I would be in the area helping other customers if he needed anything.

I was fired because I didn't try to push him for sales.... I was fired for not badgering and annoying a customer until they bought some shit.... That store closed soon after.

When Circuit City first opened, it was amazing for the era. Everyone wanted to go there for the car audio equipment and home stereo equipment. No other stores had anything like it.

😂 I never knew Car max and Circuit City were siblings.


So funny

the last time I was in a Circuit City was in 1993 to shoplift refrigerators

3:29 i love that the entranceway is shaped like a plug. that's actually genius

I remember circuit city had this great policy where if you paid to have your car stereo installed by their technicians and you kept your receipt, if you got a new car, they would transfer it to your new car for free.

The Circuit City stores I remember always had high pressure sales teams bothering me whenever I wanted to buy CDs.

We have multiple abandoned Circuit City's in my area and I barely remember when they were open. RIP.

The Source sucks. Need an iPhone accessory for way too much money? They got you. Like cramped, uncomfortably tight aisles? You better believe they got you. Need a bit of cable or wiring that isn't USB or HDMI? Get the Hell out, what do you think this is, a Radio Shack?

This took me back down memory lane.  I worked at Circuit City from 1999-2005, so I lived through many of these changes. So many memories.

The ironic thing is that Circuit City owned CarMax. Yet CarMax still exists today. Can't say the same for Circuit City

Carmax has a lot of lights in their parking lots

RIP Circuit City ( 1949-2009 ).