The Boycott Circuit City Thread

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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
 
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.
 
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!

fuck that. I enjoy the deals and clearances they do have.
 
[quote name='fullmetalfan720']Actually CC has sent a subpoena to Cheapy D asking for Speedy's contact information.[/quote]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!
 
[quote name='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.[/quote]

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
 
[quote name='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[/QUOTE]

oh so not in spirit of this site :(
 
[quote name='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[/QUOTE]
Agree fuck CC
 
[quote name='leehom']What does ps3 sales have anything to do with CC? Stealth troll FTL.[/quote]

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.
 
I'm not even a regular poster and I'm still participating in the boycott. It's a shame some people have decided not to for monetary reasons. That's why this country is shit; the dollar is a vote and people don't care who they give it to as long as it benefits them in the short-term.
 
[quote name='guyinga']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.[/QUOTE]


Calling CC Corporate directly for answers won't do jack because the person who answered doesn't know what's going on because her job is to route calls OR her bosses say "If anyone calls about this, you don't know jack!" The average joe won't be able to get answers, not even the media. Lawyers only talk to other lawyers.
 
[quote name='apokalipze2']Circuit City is garbage. Seriously all their stuff is sold at msrp, I don't know about the games since I buy them mostly online[/quote]
Yeah! Nevermind those games like Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin being sold at $16.96! Nevermind the Wii and DS games that are sold $10 off at release! Those CERTAINLY aren't deals! :roll:
 
[quote name='Tsukento']Yeah! Nevermind those games like Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin being sold at $16.96! Nevermind the Wii and DS games that are sold $10 off at release! Those CERTAINLY aren't deals! :roll:[/QUOTE]

You've expressed your position, stop trolling.

I've had a boycott going for a couple months now, with the lone exception of the MS points. It will surely continue.
 
Eh. I never shop there much, and I'll continue to shop there when there's a deal to be had. While taking action over this seems stupid on their part, it certainly isn't a bogus lawsuit.

Well, it actually isn't a lawsuit at all. Yet.
 
I'm done with CC. I've had headaches dealing with both CC and BB in the past, so it doesn't thrill me to give either store my business anyway. As far as deals or clearance items at CC, if I can pricematch them elsewhere, I'll do that. If I can't, I'll just do without that particular game or item until it can be gotten cheaply elsewhere.

I don't imagine that a CAG boycott of CC will even be a blip on their radar screen, but just on principle of wanting to support CAG and Speedy I won't spend another dime there.
 
[quote name='Danimal']I'm done with CC. I've had headaches dealing with both CC and BB in the past, so it doesn't thrill me to give either store my business anyway. As far as deals or clearance items at CC, if I can pricematch them elsewhere, I'll do that. If I can't, I'll just do without that particular game or item until it can be gotten cheaply elsewhere.

I don't imagine that a CAG boycott of CC will even be a blip on their radar screen, but just on principle of wanting to support CAG and Speedy I won't spend another dime there.[/QUOTE]

CAG and DVDT though? This could have some legs.
 
I think the only thing that will happen once they find speedy will be




A. a cease and desist order. Basically telling Speedy shut up and don't post our ad information (if he works for CC, he will probably be canned as a slap on the wrist or he will have to turn in his CC insider )


or

B. a huge ass fine, probably some rediculous number that CC will pop out of their asses because "CC lost sooooooooooo much money because of Speedy's actions" (yea what ever, so pick on the little guy because no one wants to shop at CC so you have to make up for the losses)

I suggest once CC finds Speedy, that he goes DIRECTLY to the media.. They eat this shit up all the time and with enough exposure, someone out there will come to help him out.
 
this is not the first time things like this has happen. I think Best Buy did something when their Black Friday ad was leaked on fatwallet.
 
I agree, been on CAG for a while. This is pretty crappy to say the least. I'll shop elsewhere as for the people that say they advertise for like a whole $10 cheaper, just go price match at walmart or bestbuy. Majority of the time they are just across the street.

Good luck Cheapy and Speedy.
 
CC were jerks to me when I tried to get a Wii. I camped out there before Christmas, sixth in line, watched as they busted open five cases. So they've got 15 of them. Then they came out at 7 am and told us they had five, because they'd held ten back for people, and no, we couldn't get any held back, sorry you had to wait in the cold for nothing. Then they were jerks when I complained to customer service about it. They made a huge mistake and handled it in the worst way, and I got my Wii (somewhere else) despite their ineptitude.

Their prices suck. Their customer service sucks. Their so-called "awesome freakin deals" are only applicable to stores where employees don't pull all the stuff in advance or hoard it for themselves (like mine-of all the sales they've ever run, I got Advance Wars DS for 8.96 and that was it-admittedly decent, but not worth putting up with everything else over) Frankly, this situation is only the tip of the iceberg that is my beef with them.

Needless to say, I signed this before it even existed.

EDIT: While I'm a bit weary that this site is rapidly becoming "ZOMG x place sucks and here's why!" I do think this is a worthy fight.
 
meh, I'm a devil customer anyway. I just feed off of their clearance titles (and fed off of their B2G1 point cards :) )
 
I was already boycotting CC. Uninformed employees, long lines to check out, recently giving me a blank Gift Card, and the Hard Boiled/Stranglehold debacle. Now this is just more reason.

The company is a joke, that fires its best employees, and shits on its customers.
 
I've been boycotting CC ever since they fired all of their long time hourly employees earlier this year. This gives me even more reason to hate them.
 
what if this thing isn't about circuit city? this entire thing started because Sony got upset that CC's ads leaked the info on a price drop. why the hell would CC care if it's shoppers knows when to go to the store and buy items? this entire thing is Sony pressuring CC to subpoena CAG. why boycott the messenger when you can boycott the real deal?
 
[quote name='SaII']what if this thing isn't about circuit city? this entire thing started because Sony got upset that CC's ads leaked the info on a price drop. why the hell would CC care if it's shoppers knows when to go to the store and buy items? this entire thing is Sony pressuring CC to subpoena CAG. why boycott the messenger when you can boycott the real deal?[/QUOTE]

Thats fine too, Ive been boycotting Sony since Blur-ray hit :)
 
Count me in.

Circuit City won't be getting one cent of my money.

I already stopped buying non-clearance items there after they fired the long time employees, but now they loose all my buisness completly.

Also, I have a lot of friends who are big time buyers of HD DVD's/Blu Rays/Expensive items they need to sell, and shop at Circuit City. I'll make sure to get them to stop shopping there.
 
[quote name='SaII']why boycott the messenger when you can boycott the real deal?[/quote]
I read a comment on kotaku where a guy said...

"How many of you have boycotted sony since they took down lik-sang?

:roll:

My guess, very very few have and will.
 
[quote name='SaII']what if this thing isn't about circuit city? this entire thing started because Sony got upset that CC's ads leaked the info on a price drop. why the hell would CC care if it's shoppers knows when to go to the store and buy items? this entire thing is Sony pressuring CC to subpoena CAG. why boycott the messenger when you can boycott the real deal?[/quote]

Because you can't get Sony exclusives anywhere else. It's easier to take a stand when you don't give anything up. ;)
 
I'm torn on whether boycotting CC would be good or bad for them, in my case... I need to talk to my co-worker's brother who is now a manager there (and yes, corporate has no idea how to run that chain, according to him), see if I can find out their cost for the stuff I buy. If it costs them money, I'll take it. If they're profitting, I'll PM elsewhere.

Not sure why people are afraid of missing out on CC sales if they boycott, you never PM at Best Buy to get RZ points? Weird. Clearances (which have been pretty ridiculous both in quality and in stock lately) are the only thing one would lose.
 
I honestly cannot support this boycott. While I think CC's actions were a bit quick (and stupid), I actually think CC is a good store. I can't go to BB anymore... I hate and stopped going there almost completely (I think I've been inside a BB twice in the past 2 years).

Plus, they have decent clearances and general sales.

Again, I don't support their auctions but 20 CAGs not going to their stores probably won't do anything for their business. Most of us rape them when it comes to deals so I'm sure they'll be glad to get rid of us.
 
I haven't bought anything from CC in some time so I am in, the one near me is a VERY disorganized store which usually has you running around for 10 min just to find the games dept.
 
So a company is suing trying to protect their best interests and you all boycott them? lol

Imagine if you were them and always having a certain individual leak all the secrets.
 
Sometimes it's just a matter of principle. As I have stated in the appreciation thread, I am not shopping at CC until this issue is cleared up. Corporations are ruining this country. If anything, speedy saved CC a bunch of price adjustments by posting these ads.
 
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