Comments on: Venue-Appropriate Stucco Repair

By: movocelot

movocelot — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:58:23 +0000

Spec’s would use scotch tape.

By: Harold Mandell

Harold Mandell — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:29:44 +0000

You mean like if they were a kilt store they would use scotch tape?

By: House Stucco

House Stucco — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:02:51 +0000

Oh my this is crazy! Repairing it in a proper way is really recommended to avoid future big problems.

By: Tex

Tex — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:50:11 +0000

Kjb:
I couldn’t disagree more strongly about your ideas on staffing.

BECAUSE of the internet the need for living breathing invested service has never been greater.

If a customer seeks out a “brick and morter” store it’s becasue they need or want that one on one experience.

Without that element of service there is no need to make a trip into a store. Not everyone needs or wants a self service environment.

In todays retail market this will be the deciding factor of who makes it and who becomes a memory.

By: kjb434

kjb434 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:59:04 +0000

Tex,

Firing all the employees at $11 an/hour and then hiring new ones at $7 an/hour was a smart move. If they didn’t do it, they would already be out of business.

The issue is “brick and mortar” stores don’t exist for the tech savvy individuals. They exist for shoppers who don’t know too much but are willing to spend money.

When I go to any electronic store, I usually don’t expect service and typically want to be left alone. If I happen to come across a worker that know something (and they are there), I ask them some things that I know the answer to in order to gauge their knowledge.

A little thing called the internet to eliminated the need for the high quality service personnel side of brick and mortar electronic stores.

By: Tex

Tex — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:45:03 +0000

Cicuit City seriously suffers from leadership problems. Two years ago they fired the long term experienced sales staff and replaced them with minimum wage kids.

I’ve yet to ever have a good experience in one. They can’t give themselves away….They have been for sale forever with any serious suitors running fast when they learn how bad the business is run.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:40:08 +0000

If the crack doesn’t spread any further you all will feel pretty silly.

By: kjb434

kjb434 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:15:24 +0000

I only go to Circuit city to visually inspect electronics I’m interested in buying. Same thing with Fry’s, Best Buy, etc….

If I’m happy with what I see, I’ll buy it online for much cheaper.

People like me are part of their problem.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:08:32 +0000

Very symbolic of the fractured business that is Circuit City nowadays. Best thing this store could do is meet a wrecking ball. I’ve been in here a few times and each time my experience is summed up by the following: Enter smelly store, search through cluttered Xbox 360 games that have no sense of order, can’t find title advertised in paper, search for employee, no employees around, find employee in another dept and interrupt their conversation with other employee about their social life, eventually confirm they don’t carry the game they advertise in the paper, walk away convincing myself I will never step foot inside a CC again. Admittedly I have repeated this process a few times, but classical conditioning has set in for good and now I refuse to go anywhere near this place.

By: kjb434

kjb434 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:52:15 +0000

Haha!