Comments on: Blockbuster offers $1 billion for Circuit City

The video rental chain bids an unsolicited $1 billion to $1.3 billion. The struggling consumer electronics retailer says it is still evaluating the proposal.

[michaelhoffman]

Bad Idea

A merger of two weak companies doesn't make for a strong company.

If I was on the Circuit City board I would say NO WAY. Blockbuster is in a dying business. They need a new business. It's obvious why they want to merge. The benefits to Circuit City are less clear. Why would they want to dilute what they have left of their low-margin business?

[dascha1]

Gravitating toward weightlessness

I really liked the photo of the store-front. I will miss it like the
drive-thru's of yesteryear...

[chuck_whealton]

An absolutely bad idea

Circuit City has probably seen better days, but I'll say when I was last there, they had what I consider to be fair deals.

Blockbuster, on the other hand, is overpriced and they keep raising their prices to the point where if you have on-demand, you might as well use it.

If they buyout Circuit City and start raising all of their prices, I don't see Circuit City being around much longer. At that point, you might as well order online.

I sure won't be a customer, if they take that route.