I remember the new Circut City in my town
November 29th, 2009
If you have been around for a while, then you remember life before the big box stores. Stores like Circut City and Best Buy are a relatively new thing really. You would now know it today, but they really didn’t exist into the 1980’s. I remember when the first Circut City type store opened in my area. We all thought it was awesome. The prices were so unbelievably low. They would try to get you on a warrenty, which was part of their business model.
But the first round of those stores went out of business too. I remember when the Circut City line opened. They thought they were going to be different. But then Best Buy came along and started eating their lunch. For some reason, Best Buy had better selections. And when the HDTV stuff hit the market, I really thought that BB was way better. If you needed an HDTV tuner, or an entire HDTV system, they just had much more and better prices. I am not really sure how in the world the small electronics shop could ever complete - let alone these secondary chains with massive retail pressence.
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