Comment Re:Run into the ground by stupidity and arrogance (Score 1) 50
I can tell you exactly why they failed. I used to work there a few years before they went under as a Corp. Most of the toys and other electronics were cheap and overpriced. They only had 3 metal drawer cabinets with components in them and even then didn't stock all the common components or even common resistor values. Their whole business was about PHONES!!!
Because all employees worked on commission there that is what paid the most. Our store manager would only hire kids from the local tech college where they could count working in an electronics store as part of an internship or pretty girls because they sold more phones. Only 1 or 2 people the entire time I worked there had any electronic knowledge at all.
Also add-ons to every sale was "encouraged" because if you didn't meet your sales quota then you got written up or let go. Turn over was high and replacements were never trained well. They only got one or two days by following the lead sales person around to "see how its done"
I was so happy after I got out of that place and was glad when I saw on the news that they were done. The Higher Ups were so out of touch with their customers it was unreal and pressure to sell useless junk to people that didn't need or want it really didn't sit well with me. Good riddance to the lot of em.
