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Circuit City going belly up

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Just what I need - a place to pay too much for a limited selection being pushed on me by some pizza-faced member of the NerdPatrol who will get fired if he doesn't harass me about getting the extended warranty.

Can't even remember the last time I stepped foot in a Best Buy, let alone bought something from there. Not really sure they need "competition".
 
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jlb1705 said:
Just what I need - a place to pay too much for a limited selection being pushed on me by some pizza-faced member of the NerdPatrol who will get fired if he doesn't harass me about gettin g the extended warranty.

Can't even remember the last time I stepped foot in a Best Buy, let alone bought something from there. Not really sure they need "competition".
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Funny you say this-

I was helping an older friend- 45 years old and recently divorced- move out of her house last week. As we're unhooking and loading up the TVs, her friend from college says "Oh! My husband says to take all the cords for the cable. The cable company only needs the boxes and remotes returned. And oh my gosh! Definitely those! Those HDMI cables are SO expensive."

I am standing completely dumbfounded, knowing that 5-6 years ago I hopped on Monoprice.com and bought a 6 ft. HDMI cable for $10 bucks. Let alone, knowing what Amazon and other online retailers can do when it comes to cords/cables nowadays- I haven't really needed to purchase any recently as I stocked up on a handful of them back then of all sizes and have been good since, but a quick browse says the prices are dirt cheap. And it dawned on me in that moment that there is literally an entire, very large, demographic of white, 40-50 year old middle to upper-class people that truly believe, and expect, to walk into Best Buy, purchase a 3ft HDMI cable and walk out with a $60 tab thinking they got a steal.

A sucker is born every second and in this case, those suckers were born in the 1960s and 70s. No offense, geezers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
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To that end, the new Circuit City will embrace MAP and UPP pricing, build margins into its private-label assortment, and will stick to a small-box retail format in affordable yet densely-populated real estate markets, he said
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In addition to tier-one brands, a global sourcing team is assembling a “quality, value-priced” assortment of USB cables, power banks, digital accessories and other items under the company’s own AudioMate, DigitalMate and Circuit City badges.
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Fantastic. Another RadioShack or Brookstone where their profit margins are entirely tied to selling teenage kids $20 iPhone charging cables after they've lost their third one or sheared it in half after rolling over it with a desk chair.
 
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OHSportsFan said:
I was helping an older friend- 45 years old and recently divorced- move out of her house last week
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Uh, you kind of make that sound like you were moving her to a "home". What exactly is "older"? Are you familiar with the Grey Panthers? Do you realize you are now on a "list"? Just pointing that out in case you should "accidentally" suffer a mishap not generally associated with "younger" humans. :cool: And from your tone I would assume you wouldn't hit this. Kids.

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OHSportsFan said:
Funny you say this-

I was helping an older friend- 45 years old and recently divorced- move out of her house last week. As we're unhooking and loading up the TVs, her friend from college says "Oh! My husband says to take all the cords for the cable. The cable company only needs the boxes and remotes returned. And oh my gosh! Definitely those! Those HDMI cables are SO expensive."

I am standing completely dumbfounded, knowing that 5-6 years ago I hopped on Monoprice.com and bought a 6 ft. HDMI cable for $10 bucks. Let alone, knowing what Amazon and other online retailers can do when it comes to cords/cables nowadays- I haven't really needed to purchase any recently as I stocked up on a handful of them back then of all sizes and have been good since, but a quick browse says the prices are dirt cheap. And it dawned on me in that moment that there is literally an entire, very large, demographic of white, 40-50 year old middle to upper-class people that truly believe, and expect, to walk into Best Buy, purchase a 3ft HDMI cable and walk out with a $60 tab thinking they got a steal.

A sucker is born every second and in this case, those suckers were born in the 1960s and 70s. No offense, geezers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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$5.98 for a 10 footer right now. LOL


I've used monoprice for years. After the garage was gutted by fire and my Grande Party Garage vision was first conceived, I remember buying 25ft commercial/construction grade HDMIs for $24. Looking just now, the prices have actually come down a few dollars. I can't even begin to tell you how many people I've turned on to that website. They should pay me.


Of the two or so dozen HDMIs (from 3ft to 25ft) I've bought from monoprice, I've only had 1 ever go bad. I've got a cheap (price-wise >$25) HDMI splitter from them still cranking away 6 years later.

Love that place. :lol:
 
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Saw31 said:
$5.98 for a 10 footer right now. LOL


I've used monoprice for years. After the garage was gutted by fire and my Grande Party Garage vision was first conceived, I remember buying 25ft commercial/construction grade HDMIs for $24. Looking just now, the prices have actually come down a few dollars. I can't even begin to tell you how many people I've turned on to that website. They should pay me.


Of the two or so dozen HDMIs (from 3ft to 25ft) I've bought from monoprice, I've only had 1 ever go bad. I've got a cheap (price-wise >$25) HDMI splitter from them still cranking away 6 years later.

Love that place. :lol:
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I've bought a bunch of HDMI and other cables from Monoprice over the years. 2 35 footers before I finished the basement. I got a 4x2 HDMI switch for the basement as well. Still kicking after 6 years. Also bought all my wall mounts from them.

The main thing I would like now is a wireless HDMI transmitter that will go from my living room to the bedroom. I'm too cheap to pay Dish for a second Joey for the bedroom so I have crappy RF Modulator to convert the AV out on the Hopper to channel 4 on coax and then loop it up to the bedroom, the kitchen, and my office. That way I can watch whatever's on in the living room in those other rooms although it can get pretty grainy upstairs. I was also too cheap to buy the wireless HDMI system they had on Amazon a couple months ago for 130ish. We only use the bedroom tv for the kids to watch a show before bed or I'll turn on the Cavs game during their bath time if it's on. If we ever build a house I'll probably look to run HDMI and Cat 6 through the whole house.

If I cold get something like this for $80 I'd probably pull the trigger. http://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=14745
 
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OHSportsFan said:
Funny you say this-

I was helping an older friend- 45 years old and recently divorced- move out of her house last week. As we're unhooking and loading up the TVs, her friend from college says "Oh! My husband says to take all the cords for the cable. The cable company only needs the boxes and remotes returned. And oh my gosh! Definitely those! Those HDMI cables are SO expensive."

I am standing completely dumbfounded, knowing that 5-6 years ago I hopped on Monoprice.com and bought a 6 ft. HDMI cable for $10 bucks. Let alone, knowing what Amazon and other online retailers can do when it comes to cords/cables nowadays- I haven't really needed to purchase any recently as I stocked up on a handful of them back then of all sizes and have been good since, but a quick browse says the prices are dirt cheap. And it dawned on me in that moment that there is literally an entire, very large, demographic of white, 40-50 year old middle to upper-class people that truly believe, and expect, to walk into Best Buy, purchase a 3ft HDMI cable and walk out with a $60 tab thinking they got a steal.

A sucker is born every second and in this case, those suckers were born in the 1960s and 70s. No offense, geezers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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whippersnappers

BTW $10(or $5.98) vs. zero dollars? Still prefer zero.
 
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