Another one bites the dust!

god, i don't want any more e-tailers to *go away*
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can't figure out what it is about these companies - crappy customer service, hard-to-navigate websites, not enuf funding?
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all i know is, i saved so much money last christmas using all these codes, and whatnot. hope this isn't a trend that will continue - and laying off almost 200 people - this isn't good.

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"it's easier to stay out than get out"
 
You can't even imagine how much money I saved through VA last year.

A brief list:
Toshiba DVD player - Normally $300, paid $120
NEC laser printer - Normally $350, paid $160
High Capacity toner cartridge for the NEC - Normally $90, paid $45
Diamond Rio 500 MP3 player - Normally $250, paid $100
Entrega Parallel->USB converter - Normally $30, paid -$5 (yes, I made money after rebates)
MCSE Core Exam Cram 4-pack - Normally $100, paid $20
32MB SmartMedia cards - Normally $100, paid $40 each
3Com Webcam - Normally $60, paid $25

Needless to say, I could very well be solely responsible for VA's demise.
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On an long enough timeline, everyone's survival rate drops to zero.
 
wow! that's an amazing list - even though i don't even know what half of that sh*t is
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"it's easier to stay out than get out"
 
If I'd known, I'd have used small words...
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On an long enough timeline, everyone's survival rate drops to zero.
 
I'd say their prices are the reason they went under.

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"If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience."

- Woodrow Wilson
 
another reason is they're all practically giving stuff away w/all these coupons and codes, etc. (not that i mind), but it makes you wonder how long they can keep doing that ...

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"it's easier to stay out than get out"
 
liltaz> Their prices are actually unreasonably high, but when they start giving away over $170 to each account, usuable towards up to 50% off each purchase, the prices were impossible to beat.

They only left it that way for a few months, but it doesn't look like they were ever able to recover.


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They probably should have waited until they were better established and had the means to practically give things away like that before they did it.

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"If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience."

- Woodrow Wilson
 
More than anything, it was just a bad business decision.


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On an long enough timeline, everyone's survival rate drops to zero.
 
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