Comments on: What's next for Blockbuster and Circuit City?

Now that the deal between Blockbuster and Circuit City has fallen through, Don Reisinger examines what's next for these companies.

[cporpheus]

I totally agree. I'm mostly an online buyer, but my family (all non-geeks) shop at Best Buy for their electronics. I think that around the time average Internet speeds get up to 20 Mbps, there will be a market for streaming online movies, but I think iTunes is and will be leading the way.

[eccles1214]

I stopped going to Best Buy because they keep pushing those outrageously expensive warranty fees on you; salespersons will hound you until you either relent and say, "yes" or until you storm out not buying anything. That's my case. I now get most of my stuff through craigslist.org and eBay -- used, yes, but at a much more affordable price and no salespeople or sales pitch to wade through.

[acecommander]

I've been a loyal Circuit City customer for over 10 years, and I agree, the service has become horrible. Even the locations are not stragically placed for higher volume traffic.

It's pretty sad when the customer knows more about products than the sales people. I walked out of Circuit City a couple weeks ago because the information the sales person gave me was not only wrong, but a lie. I've been to Best Buy and the people there do try to sell the extended warranties, but being in sales for over 25 years, I understand the reason.

I guess I'm lucky also. Best Buy is building a new store less than 1 mile away from my house, so now I can go there all the time and my wife won't know it until something follows me home.

[averagego]

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