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Is Circuit City Making a Comeback Online?
Defunct big-box retailer says its Web site is "temporarily closed," leaving the door open for a potential CompUSA-like comeback.
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April 08, 2009 | by Steve Crowe

Is Circuit City pulling a CompUSA?

The now-defunct big-box retailer might be making a comeback online.

The company’s Web site says, “Circuit City.com is also temporarily closed, although we anticipate the website will reopen in the coming weeks.”

CompUSA closed in 2007 and then relaunched online and in a couple retail locations after it was purchased by Systemax.

CrunchGear first got wind of Circuit City’s potential relaunch. However, there’s no real way of telling how long the Web site has been like this.

Circuit City, of course, closed its doors on March 8 and liquidated about $1.7 billion in inventory. Circuit City received more negative press for selling shattered TVs during the liquidation than anything.

Could Circuit City compete with the likes of Newegg and TigerDirect?

Let us know in the comments.



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Posted by Follower  on  04/13/09  at  11:14 AM

CC sold it’s rights to their site. If it reopens it be something new, not the old CC trying to make a comeback.

Posted by Circuit Lover  on  04/09/09  at  03:59 PM

You got lucky.  I had a really bad experience with NewEgg.  Once you get Egg on your face, you don’t want to go back.

TigerDirect has taken care of me for years, so I’ll keep going where I get the best service:  TigerDirect.

Posted by Newegg lover  on  04/09/09  at  01:00 PM

What are you talking about Newegg has great service. I bought a video card for $180 and when I stopped working I called Newegg and because they didn’t sell it anymore they credited my credit card. Newegg is not tech support, they are sales and customer service for bad parts. Also when I called about my video card I talked to a real person…

For comparison, try to find a motherboard on TigerDirect’s website with LGA775, DDR21066, 2 PCI Express 2.0, and 2 esata ports for example. On Newegg -> motherboards -> Intel -> Advanced -> done in secs. However on TigerDirect the search is less informative. If I were to shop Tiger I’d have to find the model number on Newegg first.

Posted by Circuit Lover  on  04/09/09  at  07:20 AM

I think Circuit will make a comeback online.  The Boston Globe will probably shut down its print operation and move to a pure web operation.  Circuit has shed its stores and is likely to make a comeback online.

Posted by Loved Circuit  on  04/09/09  at  07:18 AM

I loved Circuit City for a long time.  Too bad they dumbed down the stores and went out of business.  Their website was pretty good.  Unlike previous post, the service at NewEgg sucked.  You can’t get a live human being.  TigerDirect service has always been great.  Any issues, they’re open 24 hours a day.


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