One of the biggest and most relevant victims of this "global economic downturn" (at least to us) was Circuit City. The electronics chain closed its doors late last year, but its Web site has recently re-opened, showing that the company, at least in name, is not dead yet.
Circuit City is now owned by Systemax Inc, who has pledged to re-open the brand with better service, shipping, selection and lower prices. Of course, every company says that. Still, they're selling Kung Fu Panda on DS for a mere $20.99. I'm sure you're all rushing to order that little beauty. That Panda, he loves his Kung Fu.
Welcome back, Circuit City.
[Thanks, Darkair]
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8:20 AM on 05.25.2009
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anyways Systemax are the ones that own Tigerdirect, and bought off CompUSA and some of its stores.
I wonder if they just paid for the website and brand name of Circuit City, or for the stores too.
RETURN OF CIRCUIT CITY
God. God is next.
Such grand absolution for a zombie...
Not to be a penis, but the reality is that a bunch of the stores closed last year. Then all of the stores were closed by this year, due to bankruptcy.
Also, cocks. We call them cocks here.