 milnoc
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H3B
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Re: Futureshop/Bestbuy abruptly shut down a dozen stores said by dirtyjeffer:they haven't gone out of business...
...Yet.
Remember Adventure Electronics? Atlantic Electronics? Both big box consumer electronics stores that went bust, one replacing the other.
FS/BB's days may be numbered.
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said by zod5000:I disagree with CBC's argument about "showrooming" having a big impact. Here in Canada we don't have anything like Amazon.COM.
I agree with you, the landscape hasn't changed as significantly as they're suggesting. People are still going to Future Shop to buy PC's and they're still going to Best Buy (in areas without Apple Stores) to buy Apple products, they're still getting routers and digital cameras at these places... they're still going to buy their home theatres-in-a-box at those two locations, not Amazon...
Hell, I went into our local Future Shop the other day and couldn't find a damned red shirt anywhere... because the ones that were free were standing in the 'big money' section, since they won't get commission trying to help a guy find some tablet accessories. |
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 vue666I'm in the prime of my senilityPremium
join:2007-12-07
Halifax, NS | reply to milnoc
I remember Multi-Tech Warehouse.... LOL |
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 corsterPremium
join:2002-02-23
Gatineau, QC
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said by urbanriot:and couldn't find a damned red shirt anywhere...
that's because they wear black shirts now  |
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 TLS2000Crazy CanuckPremium
join:2004-02-24
Mississauga, ON | reply to vue666
I remember Majestic Electronics with their idiotic "If you find a lower price ANYWHERE, it's FREE!" policy. That didn't work out well for them.
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TLS2000Crazy CanuckPremium
join:2004-02-24
Mississauga, ON Reviews:
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said by urbanriot:Hell, I went into our local Future Shop the other day and couldn't find a damned red shirt anywhere... because the ones that were free were standing in the 'big money' section, since they won't get commission trying to help a guy find some tablet accessories.
Go look at something really expensive and then when they come to help you ask them to find that DVD you were looking for.
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| hahaha I do that all the time! The second you step into the home theatre area, the guy's right there... "Oh, I'm just browsing but while you're here..." and then he goes and gets the guy for the department I'm really wanting to get something in. |
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decxPremium
join:2002-06-07
Vancouver, BC | reply to Guspaz
I was surprised they didn't closed one of the FS/BB at Lansdowne Mall in Richmond. There isn't much point in having both at one mall with their doors less than 200m apart. |
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said by ekster:Zellers is a cheaper, dirtier, crappier, lesser known brands store. The Bay is the more expensive, fancier, more popular brands store.
You cannot go to Zellers and the Bay and find the exact same shirt, nor see the exact same price. Shirts in Zellers are $5-10, shirts in the Bay are $50-100.
BB and FS are the exact same store, exact same inventory, exact same price.
but the bay did have Simpsons for about 8 years, in montreal the 2 stores were 4 streets apart and they carried the exact same merchandise! |
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where am i supposed to buy a power supply now? |
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 GonePremium
join:2011-01-24
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said by Guspaz:Futureshop and bestbuy today abruptly shut down a dozen stores across the country (mostly in Quebec) How is 4 out of 15 stores "mostly in Quebec" ?
Six of them were in British Columbia. |
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 GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:20 | said by Gone:said by Guspaz:Futureshop and bestbuy today abruptly shut down a dozen stores across the country (mostly in Quebec) How is 4 out of 15 stores "mostly in Quebec" ? Six of them were in British Columbia. Because that's how it was reported initially in the media before BestBuy made any statement that included a list of stores. In fact, the total wasn't even known to be 15 at that point.
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said by zod5000:I do agree it seems completely inefficient to run both BB and FS in Canada (as its the same company). Here in Victoria they build brand new ones in the same shopping complex. It's completely redundant. I'm sure we all end up paying for it in higher prices (to cover all the extra overhead).
It turns out one of the best buys closing was the one I ranted about.. lol. What a giant waste of money they most of lost opening brand a brand new bb and fs in the same complex, only to close one down... idiots. |
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| FS and BB are side by side on Merivale Road in Ottawa. As far as I can tell, they were both built around the same time (FS moving from its old location a couple of blocks away). Note that I find that convenient - sometimes one doesn't have what I'm looking for, and the other one does. But yeah, completely redundant. |
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join:2006-04-26
Kitchener, ON
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said by cpsycho:said by vue666:I hate to hear about people losing their jobs.... I guess folks prefer to shop online at Newegg, NCIX, TigerDirect, etc....
When a video card of the same make and model is $75 at newegg and $275 at Future Shop, where would you buy it? +1
They are playing in a market which they have become to irrelevant and are just getting by through a process of ripping people off on year's old hardware at current day prices. That model was bound to fail sooner or later.
I regularly use NewEgg and NCIX. Just recently I stepped into a BB for the first time in years and didn't actually buy anything as the item I wanted wasn't in stock even though their website claimed it was... |
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| That's always been the case though, Future Shop hardware was always 200% more than the PC shops and from the looks of it, it rarely went off the shelves... and that goes back to the 90's. |
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GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:20 | reply to Guspaz
I tried to buy a powered USB hub last week from the Futureshop that closed here.
The cheapest powered hub they sold was a 7-port Dynex model. For $49.
I bought a 7-port powered hub from Monoprice instead for $13. It'll take me longer to get, but at a fraction the price.
Ironically, the Monoprice brand-name products are generally higher quality than the Dynex house brand.
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join:2010-12-30
Montreal, QC Reviews:
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| said by Guspaz:Ironically, the Monoprice brand-name products are generally higher quality than the Dynex house brand.
I think this is one of their biggest problems. The cheapest stuff they sell is usually crap while competitors have high quality, low priced products. I went to buy a quality iPhone case and couldn't find anything good, they stocked colourful, glitzy and low quality crap. Not a single product from Case-Mate, iSkin or PowerSupport, and even if they had the SKU it was online only. |
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 elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand
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Not to defend them, but it's not as easy as an NCIX or Newegg.
Those two sell "parts" , that you put together yourself, so it's not difficult to get bleeding edge equipment.
FS and BB are Box pushers, they buy up truckloads of PC's that are outdated 5 minutes after they hit the store shelves.
Same thing happened during my Shack Days. Lead time on new computers (and the industry didn't move anywhere as fast back then) was 6 months, so deciding to buy(have Tandy Build?)a computer 6 months in advance at a current price point doesn't work and it outdated and overpriced by the time it hits the stores.
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