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Yahoo!Circuit City will reportedly announce today, November 4, that the chain is closing 155 stores nationwide. Employees of Circuit City were informed the morning of November 3 of these closings in 27 states. Approximately 17 percent of the employees are losing their jobs. Among the closing stores is the Circuit City here in Santa Barbara located at 3761 State St. Liquidation will begin on November 5, and all stores will officially be closed by December 31 of this year.
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Hannah Rothman is an Independent intern.
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Damn!
samuel (anonymous profile)
November 5, 2008 at 5:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)
It's a _corporate chain_ for Christ's sake! Have you ever tried asking any of the sales staff a technical question?
Ah, for the good old days of Audio-Vision....
SamRedDog (anonymous profile)
November 8, 2008 at 12:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Where do we go now?
billclausen (anonymous profile)
November 11, 2008 at 2:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Creative Stereo-
Circus City had the worst staff I've ever seen. They were more interested in listening to the car stereos and talking amongst themselves than helping people.
Carpreader (anonymous profile)
November 11, 2008 at 2:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)