TIL: Carmax is basically the last living part of Circuit City.

Kinja'd!!! "Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
03/07/2014 at 10:22 • Filed to: None

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Repost for the morning crowd because I think its really interesting. Seriously, turns out it started out as a Circuit City idea and then was spun off in the early 2000's

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Kinja'd!!! Doug DeMuro > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/07/2014 at 01:09

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The only successful bit.


Kinja'd!!! 404 Name Not Found > Doug DeMuro
03/07/2014 at 01:18

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We all know your views on Carmax. :)


Kinja'd!!! CRider > Doug DeMuro
03/07/2014 at 01:29

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And here's the man determined to putting it out of business!


Kinja'd!!! willkinton247 > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/07/2014 at 08:01

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My parents worked at Circuit City at about the time Carmax was started. Everyone was kind of like, why are we delving into cars again?


Kinja'd!!! crowmolly > willkinton247
03/07/2014 at 10:24

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Because you can't walk into a dealership, sit in the car and play with all the features, and then go home and buy it online for 20% less.

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Kinja'd!!! MylesD > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/07/2014 at 10:58

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I worked at Circuit City for a few years in high school/early college…and when they went under. Circuit City still exists online, they're owned by Systemax, more commonly referred to as Tiger Direct.


Kinja'd!!! Textured Soy Protein > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/07/2014 at 11:20

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When I was in high school I used to love going to Circuit City. The one near me had a way more legit listening room for home stereo equipment than Best Buy and you could go in there and screw around for a pretty long time with nobody bothering you, surprisingly. I'd mess with the car stereo stuff too. I spent way too much time at Circuit City. Didn't buy all that much though. Maybe that's why they went out of business?

That location is now an H.H. Gregg .


Kinja'd!!! MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/07/2014 at 12:15

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I has a sad now.

CC used to do all my auto sound work.

subs, speakers, everything. Always had better options/prices than best buy.