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Originally Posted by kane
Having worked for Radio Shack in late 1989 and 1990 I have to admit that I'm surprised that they have lasted this long.
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Me too. If you would have asked me a few years ago who would go out first- Radio Shack or Circuit City I would have said Radio Shack all the way.
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Originally Posted by dyna mo
no newspapers. i recall the last time i read a similar article, i believe it was for 2009, it was chock full of them out they are still around.
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I almost signed on to work for Media General at the start of 2009, a parent company that owns newspapers across several major markets. Locally they own the Tampa Tribune and TBO.com. I was loking at heading business development for the TBO brand locally but through a 7 stage interview process they decided they'd rather have me based at their home office in Virginia and work across all their brands. I'm glad I didn't take it, about a month or two later they started forcing employees to take an unpaid a week a month to make up for losses. They are still in biz but hanging on by a thread.
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Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash
I do Blockbuster's DVD by mail service which is like Netflix. I haven't stepped inside a store in ages but I always have DVDs in the house from them.
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I do the blockbuster DVD rental by mail as well. When I priced it out a little less than a year ago it was only a buck or two a month over netflix for the 3 titles at a time option. What I like about it is that I can swap the DVDs I get in the mail for new releases at my local blockbuster vs having to wait for hot titles forever w/ netflix. Swapping for instore is included in the plan and I can keep the instore DVD as long as I want just like a DVD by mail. Its not a bad gig. The Blockbuster by me is always jammin on the weekends, I can see them scaling back on locations before they drop that one, but if they lose the brick and mortar end of their biz completely I will probably switch to Netflix.
Seeing T-Mobile on the list kinda bummed me out. They're my provider. I really have no colmplaints and have been with them for almost 10 years. Bummer to hear they aren't ready for 4g.
