No surprise. I just bought a new HP a1310n PC. Looked at RS first and price was over $900!. Circuit City was $629-$50 rebate, $579! Everything there is way overpriced. They're good for wires or cables when in a crunch, but that's about it.
>>> Everything there is way overpriced. They're good for wires or cables when in a crunch, but that's about it.>?>>
LOL! I just posted the same statement (virtually). Guess it isn't just me.
that's all I have used them for is wires or cabling, but hell I can get that stuff cheaper now at other places anyway.
I hope you didn't use Circuit City Credit Card to pay for it. I've been both a loyal Radio Shack and Circuit City customer. In the past couple of days me and Circuit City parted ways.
A WARNING ABOUT CIRCUIT CITY/CHASE CREDIT CARD SERVICE. From their web site FAQ's under title Using Your Circuit City Credit Card.
58 Why am I being assessed a fee for making an online payment? An Expedited Payment Fee of $14.95 will be charged when an online payment is made within the time period starting at midnight 3 days prior to the due date and ending on the statement date at midnight.
No advance notice of this policy change was sent out. They mean 3 business days BTW. They popped me for it this month. They made a quick $15 but Circuit City just lost a long time customer. I can pay Radio Shack and be credited within 24 hours even on weekends. I can pay Direct TV on line and be credited within an hour. Chase Bank takes at least three whole days to process an online payment. I've done business with Circuit City so long my first purchase was a freezer the second a microwave oven. The third was a washing machine I think.
Don't bother calling Circuit City Customer Service they don't want to hear about it. The billing will still show up on the electronic check as FNANB but Chase owns it. Circuit City's name is on the card but they care very little about their reputation now.
Radio Shack s a good place for serious do it yourselfers to buy parts and is also a good place for things like Shortwave, Ham, and scanner radio's. Thus they do live up to their name. To do better for many things they sell you would have to use on line ordering from places like Grove Enterprises. I have 5 police scanner from Radio Shack no problems. My cordless phone as well. No problems. GMRS radios the same. Computer power back up works fine also. I have had Radio Shack clerks go out of their way to find items for me saving me miles of driving. Yea I wish they still carried what they did 10 years ago but then again does Circuit City carry what they once did?
On most items especially CD/RW etc Wally World can beat their prices. Their rebate program is unnecessary as well. They are only using your money a bit longer on items they could have sold cheaper to start with. Go to places like Rip Off reports and you'll find many customers dissatisfied with Circuit City these days. One was an Iraq War Vet.