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Tue Aug-05-08 06:51 AM
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Circuit City Orders All Stores To Destroy Issue Of Mad Magazine Parodying "Sucker City" |
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Circuit City headquarters has ordered their stores to "destroy all copies" of the latest issue of Mad Magazine, according to an anonymous tipster. The retailer apparently isn't amused by the 4-page spoof of "Sucker City." Inside, Mad's 1-page preview and headquarters' response. UPDATE: Circuit City Sorry For Commanding Employees To Destroy Mad Mag's "Sucker City" Parodyhttp://consumerist.com/5032518/circuit-city-orders-all-stores-to-destroy-issue-of-mad-magazine-parodying-sucker-city
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Tue Aug-05-08 06:56 AM
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1. I didn't know Circuit City had a magazine rack. n/t |
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Tue Aug-05-08 07:05 AM
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2. I don't think they do. |
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Tue Aug-05-08 07:05 AM
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3. I think Corporate wants them to dispurse through the city and destroy copies at random. |
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Tue Aug-05-08 07:36 AM
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6. They also have little refrigerators with snacks and sodas. n/t |
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Tue Aug-05-08 07:15 AM
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I haven't read MAD in years, but it's good to see they are as vicious as ever :)
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Tue Aug-05-08 09:24 AM
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7. I used to love MAD as a kid. Appealed to my adolescent sense of humor. |
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The fact that I found this bit to be pretty funny shows I've still got it.
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Tue Aug-05-08 07:25 AM
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5. Boy, they love publicity, don't they? |
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If they had done nothing, nobody would have noticed.
Now watch Mad magazine sales go UP.
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Tue Aug-05-08 09:34 AM
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8. ....our other 600 stores |
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..directly across the street from 600 other Best Buys!
Truth provides the funniest material. :rofl: :rofl:
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Tue Aug-05-08 09:41 AM
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9. I got my DLP set at Circuit City |
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To be honest, I have no complaints; it was the best-looking set in the store, including the plasma and LCD sets; brighter, clearer, and higher contrast. This 50" 1080p set rawks.
It's the best TV I've ever seen, period. I have had no complaints about the product.
Now, I did get suckered into buying a lot of stuff I didn't really need- the clerk, for example, outright lied about the products I needed to use to clean the screen. Windex is good enough for that. That said, I am glad he talked me into buying the super-duper power strip; everything plugged into it is insured for the lifetime of the strip up to- get this- $250,000.
I don't even use the TV as a TV most of the time- I use it as the display device for my PC. And yes, playing games like Bioshock or Unreal Tournament 3- or, hell, PAC-MAN- on a 50" screen is.... just.... awesome.
:D
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Tue Aug-05-08 09:43 AM
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10. Thanks for the info - I haven't set foot in a CC since they screwed me on a warranty in ~1990 |
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One of their service techs looked me straight in the face and told me that a Sony dual cassette deck I had bought there was working perfectly. It wasn't. It sounded so bad I couldn't use it.
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Tue Aug-05-08 09:56 AM
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11. A very classy and funny apology letter from CC |
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apologizing in the update. Gotta give them credit for that.
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