Comments on: Blockbuster's pending acquisition of Circuit City is laughable

And Don Reisinger doesn't believe that any good can come of the deal.

[AppleSuxLeo]

Sounds like a fire-dog-sale LOL

[erver]

heard that the new company will be renamed as Circuitbusters...

[tmselim]

Well said! I don't see how two ailing companies of such differing business-scapes would be anything but weaker and more confused when combined.

[tomgle103]

Not that laughable. Blockbuster used to be a turkey but they got a new guy in place that has turned the thing around going from a hefty loss to a profit by streamlining, changing the product mix, etc. Circuit City may be able to benefit from this kind of help. Don't forget, when KMart was a losing deal, a new CEO came onboard, turned it around and then proceeded to swallow a much larger fish, Sears, that needed the same kind of help. At the time it was laughable that a bankrupt loser like Kmart could buys Sears.

Circuit City is a real mess - they have dumber than sh*t employees, a poor product mix that never seems to be right for the times, and stores that are downright unfriendly not to mention they're not very price competitive. The right leader could easily fix this.

[jncasanova]

I don't know in the US but here in Mexico Blockbuster does great. It's the only place where you can trade and buy used games and movies. A system like netflix where you have to return the movies through mail doesn't work because the postal service here is not used a lot, and we really need something like BestBuy here, the closer we have to that is Office Depott and music stores like Tower Records and MixUp.

If this merge doesn't work in the US they could make a big hit in Mexico and other countries where Netflix doesn't work and BestBuy and GameStop doesn't exist.