10 Brands That May Disappear in 2011

AOII Angel · #1 07-09-2010, 10:34 PM

I was getting a haircut the first weekend after I moved to PHX, and a group of women were getting pedis behind me. I couldn't help overhearing their conversation. Apparently one of them worked for Blockbuster. She went on and on about what a great company Blockbuster was. She thought that they'd never go out of business because they sold everything! I just sat there chuckling to myself thinking she'd be looking for a new job within a year.

PiKA2001 · #2 07-09-2010, 10:48 PM

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I just sat there chuckling to myself thinking she'd be looking for a new job within a year.

Why would you find it funny that someone might be losing their job in this economy? Blockbuster has a lot of retail stores across the country, if they were all to close it would add a couple thousand people to the list of unemployed.

dreamseeker · #3 07-10-2010, 12:08 AM

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Why would you find it funny that someone might be losing their job in this economy? Blockbuster has a lot of retail stores across the country, if they were all to close it would add a couple thousand people to the list of unemployed.

i was wondering the same thing....

AOII Angel · #4 07-10-2010, 11:07 AM

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Why would you find it funny that someone might be losing their job in this economy? Blockbuster has a lot of retail stores across the country, if they were all to close it would add a couple thousand people to the list of unemployed.

Oh please...I didn't find it humorous that she would lose her job but that she thought Blockbuster was such a strong company. Learn to read posts.

knight_shadow · #5 07-10-2010, 11:14 AM

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Oh please...I didn't find it humorous that she would lose her job but that she thought Blockbuster was such a strong company. Learn to read posts.

I got what you meant. Not really sure what caused the uproar.

But I remember working at Blockbuster years ago. The company treated employees and customers like shit and had a "too big to fail" mentality. Good riddance.

AOII Angel · #6 07-10-2010, 11:27 AM

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I got what you meant. Not really sure what caused the uproar.

But I remember working at Blockbuster years ago. The company treated employees and customers like shit and had a "too big to fail" mentality. Good riddance.

Thanks, K_S...I'm not that kind of mean. Mean yes, not vicious!

DrPhil · #7 07-10-2010, 11:32 AM

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Thanks, K_S...I'm not that kind of mean. Mean yes, not vicious!

Yeah and that's why people responded as they did.

If you were known to be a vicious and heartless username, people would've just cussed you out instead of expressing shock, frowny faces, and ThetaDancer's attempt at giving you the benefit of the doubt.

AOII Angel · #8 07-10-2010, 11:37 AM

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Yeah and that's why people responded as they did.

If you were known to be a vicious and heartless username, people would've just cussed you out instead of expressing shock, frowny faces, and ThetaDancer's attempt at giving you the benefit of the doubt.

I appreciate it, that's why I clarified.

DrPhil · #9 07-10-2010, 11:30 AM

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Not really sure what caused the uproar.

Where's the uproar?

Her point was extremely clear until this part "I just sat there chuckling to myself thinking she'd be looking for a new job within a year." That's what people are responding to. Add water and stir.

Alumiyum · #10 07-10-2010, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Why would you find it funny that someone might be losing their job in this economy? Blockbuster has a lot of retail stores across the country, if they were all to close it would add a couple thousand people to the list of unemployed.

I'm wondering the same thing. Finding a job can be so hard right now, losing one is definitely no laughing matter.

WaxOff · #11 07-10-2010, 06:37 PM

I'm surprised to see T-Mobile on this list. Their parent company is Deutsche Telekom and they are doing quite strongly. So strongly, in fact, that's it's been rumored that they were going to buy out more of the American wireless market.

For a while there, it looked like Sprint would be their next acquisition, now rumors are centering around Cricket and some of the other smaller players. The problem with that is that everyone they've been rumored to buy out are CDMA networks and their network is GSM. They'd have to do some serious rebuilding.

Their options are Virgin Mobile, who already uses their backbone, and AT&T. Personally, I'd see AT&T buying them out first, if they were still serious about playing the wireless game. It would give them the larger 3G network they need to compete against Verizon. It'll be interesting to see how this all pans out.

AnchorAlumna · #12 07-10-2010, 06:52 PM

AT&T had better be serious about the wireless market, because their wired market is shrinking faster than a wool sweater in a clothes dryer.

Readers Digest is a victim of its original foundation, condensing significant magazine articles into a convenient and portable format. That, and the fact that they're trying to go after the 18-34 year old market...while running ads for retirement plans, joint replacements, and handicap-accessible bathtubs.

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Ohhhhh this is Earp? I was wondering why all the posts were so hostile and foolish.

That would make sense! Callilicious' posts make little sense, too.

ThetaDancer · #13 07-10-2010, 09:38 AM

I'm surprised to see T-Mobile on the list. Unfortunately, I'm not particularly surprised by Blockbuster or Readers Digest being listed.

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I just sat there chuckling to myself thinking she'd be looking for a new job within a year.

This made me cringe. I'm hoping you just worded this really poorly and didn't literally laugh at someone's potential misfortune.

DrPhil · #14 07-10-2010, 10:58 AM

Dr. Angel's post really bothered me.

It's okay, we all have our cringe worthy moments on and off the Internet.

AOII Angel · #15 07-10-2010, 11:13 AM

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I was getting a haircut the first weekend after I moved to PHX, and a group of women were getting pedis behind me. I couldn't help overhearing their conversation. Apparently one of them worked for Blockbuster. She went on and on about what a great company Blockbuster was. She thought that they'd never go out of business because they sold everything! I just sat there chuckling to myself thinking she'd be looking for a new job within a year.

Since it seems several people were stunned by this post, let me clarify. The woman was in middle management with blockbuster. She went on and on about the company for about 15 minutes about how strong the company was. I do not find humor in her misfortune, just in her complete lack of understanding of her companies financial situation, especially since this was not a teenager working the desk at a store.