Many moons ago there used to be several electronics store chains that were truly good at what they did. Back in New England where I grew up, Massachusetts had quite a few of them both regional and national, such as Tweeter, Nobody Beats the Wiz! (which still exists,) Fretter and so on. Even Service Merchandise (which also exists but online-only) had a truly...

It’s most likely true you study the electronics products you intend to purchase before you buy them. You read web site reviews, watch a demonstration video of it if available, and maybe even print out a sheet with some notes before heading to the store. You expect, as you should, the employee you encounter who will sell you the item to know the product...

If you hadn’t heard there are 155 Circuit City stores that will be closing. Is the one near you getting the axe? Here’s the list. Everybody else is blogging about this so I figured I’d chime in my 2 cents on the matter. Firstly, this is not indicative Circuit City is going out of business. It just means they’re cutting the chaff from the...