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After what has happened with Circuit City, cag and speedy
(details are here: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147888), I have decided to boycott Circuit City. Now who's with me?

EDIT: In case you missed it Circuit City has subpoenaed CAG. Listen to CAGcast #85 for more details.

EDIT: Our best chance is to go to the media and we can do it by digging these two artricles, this:
http://digg.com/gaming_news/CAGs_boycott_circuit_city
and this:
http://digg.com/gaming_news/Circuit_..._CheapAssGamer

EDIT: Here is various gaming websites coverage of this story:
http://kotaku.com/gaming/not-cheap/
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3161875
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/10/ch...-circuit-city/

Also if you want to write a letter to circuity city about this situation, here is the link that LinkinPrime posted:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showpost.ph...&postcount=114

I'm definitely in on this. Circuit City.

CC's been pretty cool with me actually... I've had little to no trouble with them. It's either CC or BB around here and CC is way better than BB could ever hope to be.

While this is alarming, they haven't actually done anything to CAG or Speedy so I won't be doing anything until I see them do anything else.

Looks like I might have spoke too soon as there's more to the story than the initial post in the linked thread.

Last thing I bought from them was an ipod and that was almost a year ago. With the points for buying from Best Buy I just don't think to go to Circuit City. Also the one in this area does not have much.

Dear god. Miss all the CC Clearence and sales. Hell no.

Yes, I will boycott; CC isn't that great anyways, I can just PM stuff from their ads

sign me up cc

Signed

i will too (after i find and purchase some of the games im still looking for lol )

In speaking with CC employees and going to CC stores, I'm not the least bit surprised and I'm very disappointed. It seems that CC corporate is as inept and misguided as many of their employees and managers they hire. The problem is, no matter what we do, CC will not be affected until their stock is below $10 and Best Buy buys out Circuit City.

The truth is no one will buy a PS3. Period. Until it is across the board below $300. I'm wondering if Sony threatened action against CC and CC in their infinite wisdom thought suing the very consumers giving them money was a great idea.

Yes, boycott CC for seeking legal action against DVDTalk for a STILL UNKNOWN REASON (everyone is simply speculating it's over the threads showing off the upcoming ads). That makes sense!

that. I enjoy the deals and clearances they do have.

Actually CC has sent a subpoena to Cheapy D asking for Speedy's contact information.

Originally Posted by fullmetalfan720 Actually CC has sent a subpoena to Cheapy D asking for Speedy's contact information.

And it specifically has to do with the PS3 price drop leak.

I'm not boycotting...yet. I'm going to wait to see how this plays out. There's a lot of possible deals coming up I could get in on...provided I still have early access to the ads.

the problem with a boycott thread like this is that it is not going to hurt CC in the long run. When you go to a CC store, you barely see it busy...yet you can't find someone to help you out or answer the damn phone. They have already canned several thousand employees due to restructuring and some people think its the next major electronic store to go under in the near future... Who knows what is to happen next. I've gotten mixed results from shopping at CC.

While I feel for Speedy and the situation, a boycott won't help the situation. Now writing letters and emails to CC cooperate *might* bring down the pressure and hopefully prevent Speedy from getting sued. Yes I think it's stupid for CC to try to pressure CAG and other sites to get Speedy's personal information. Releasing the ads and posting it on line can both hurt and help CC in the long run. CC wants you the customer to come in and buy their shit during the weeks ad. If something is going to be cheaper 2 or 3 ads down the line, they don't want you to know that because they *hope* you will forget about doing a PM and get that extra 10% back. In terms of the system price drop, they probably saw an major increase in system sales when the early ad was posted and started putting two and two together and knew they would start loosing a lot of money big time with the 110% pm guaranty. This isn't a few hundred, when you add all the price matches and that extra 10% that will add up to a few million.

I am no lawyer but even if the IP addresses are handed over, it is only a matter of time before they contact the ISP and somehow get Speedy's personal information. Lawyers are paid mega bucks, and believe me once they are let loose they will work night and day to get the job done.

Good luck Speedy... just don't give up on us!

Originally Posted by guyinga The truth is no one will buy a PS3. Period. Until it is across the board below $300. I'm wondering if Sony threatened action against CC and CC in their infinite wisdom thought suing the very consumers giving them money was a great idea.

What does ps3 sales have anything to do with CC? Stealth troll FTL.

Signed. Until this is resolved, CC shall not receive another cent from me. Unless of course I'm ripping them off through a PriceMatch misprint (and they're taking the massive loss).

~HotShotX

1UP.com posted a news story about the situation (not the boycott, but the subpoena)

Originally Posted by HotShotX Signed. Until this is resolved, CC shall not receive another cent from me. Unless of course I'm ripping them off through a PriceMatch misprint (and they're taking the massive loss). ~HotShotX

oh so not in spirit of this site :(

Originally Posted by HotShotX Signed. Until this is resolved, CC shall not receive another cent from me. Unless of course I'm ripping them off through a PriceMatch misprint (and they're taking the massive loss). ~HotShotX

Agree FUCK CC

Originally Posted by leehom What does ps3 sales have anything to do with CC? Stealth troll FTL.

My point is CC wondered where the increase in sales were coming from even though they probably told Sony no one knew about the price drop until they release the ad. They then pinpointed the ad leak to here and DVDTalk and then thought suing/subpoena'ing speedy's personal information would stop it.

BTW, I just spoke to someone with CC and they didn't know what I was talking about. I also sent them an e-mail too. Also, if you PM me, I have several numbers you can use to contact CC. I don't want to release them here.