Shop Online, Pickup in 24 Minutes at Circuit City
May 19th, 2008 | by Rob |WHY? Sometimes you need an electronic now, but want to research online first.
I’m back from vacation and getting back into the swing of things. I still have a lot of tips, tools, and tutorials to share with you in the coming weeks so lets hop back into it!
Today I’m actually going to share with you a simple little tip that was the inspiration for this blog.
One day my wife and I were driving past our local Circuit City store. As we went by I just happened to mention to her, “Did you know you can buy something at circuitcity.com and pick it up within half an hour?”
“Really? See, you should blog about stuff like that! That’s pretty cool. I didn’t know that and I bet others would like to know too,” she replied.
That began the process of starting this site. And yes, it’s true you can make a purchase online and it will be ready for pickup in 24 minutes guaranteed (or you get a gift card worth $24).
I took them up on this deal once. I needed a web camera for a Monday video chat. It was Sunday afternoon and I didn’t own a web-cam. Normally I go to Amazon.com and look around, but there was no time for shipping. Instead I went to Circuit City’s site, found an inexpensive but decent web-cam, and it was ready for me when I got there about 30 minutes later.
To be clear, I’m not endorsing Circuit City over any other retailer. I’m just sayin…that’s a pretty sweet deal if you have one near you.
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