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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMhUhJmBStg
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No way I'm falling for that.
RickRolling is so yesterday. Give it a rest already.]]>Mar 31st 2008 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/
Also, though the scale might be uncommon, I am sure this happens all the time. Moreover, in my experience, the more a manager tries to help customers as opposed to focusing on profit margins, the higher his head is on the chopping block.

That, and in the past several months, the company "phased out" the Roadshop Installations Manager as a position.]]>Mar 31st 2008 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/AVIC D3 (615 on amazon.com) + wire cutter (15$ at home depot) + American Int. dash kit (15$ on ebay) + wire crimps (20 for 3$?) = 648$

I have had no previous experience with electronics and wiring and I just followed the steps provided by forums and took me about an hour. (when I went to CC, they wanted 250$ for installation and their AD said "free installation" the retard guys at CC was telling me I had a BOSE sound system, which is on type S RSXs. . . which will cost an extra 100$ on top of the 250$... and I have a base auto RSX!)

in conclusion, research first before buying. . . it's so simple.]]>Mar 31st 2008 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/
I knew that was original since the last characters of the address was not on my router ban list. I am un-rickrollable!]]>Mar 31st 2008 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/]]>Mar 31st 2008 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/"Today we are going to show you how to install a gps unit and speakers with only tape and a glue gun! Crafting FTW"]]>Mar 31st 2008 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/
What is this, Martha Stewart arts and crafts project?]]>Mar 31st 2008 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/I'll put money on that installer getting impaled on the top of that store somewhere.....]]>Mar 31st 2008 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/
Maybe they will send out a new car all signed by Circuit City crew.
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Circuit City is probably going to be brought to court about this, considering when you pay for an installation, they insure 'proper and professional' installations.]]>Mar 31st 2008 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/
It would cost over $100,000 to properly build a Honda Accord at a dealership because they cannot do it efficiently.

Tearing apart a melted car and figuring out what's wrong, and installing new stuff is not as easy as sliding a chassis down an assembly line. This is particularly true with electrics, which go in so easily when the car isn't built yet.]]>Mar 31st 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/But $12k is more than a good body shop would charge to half-cut a honda civic including parts, labor, paint etc. (half-cut is commonly done for rear end collisions, where a good back and front of 2 different cars are welded together)

I'll even give the dealership a pass on the $6k in parts, but the bid included 51 hours of labor for almost $5K. 51 Hours!! Think about that, 51 hours!!! Sorry, but 51 hours of insurance time would replace the entire interior including all dash components and electronics of 2 honda civics.]]>Mar 31st 2008 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/ he was able to build really complex things on an assembly line

Well, I don't know if you can call the Model T a "really complex thing" though. It had--what--two moving parts, including the rubber ducky used for a horn?]]>Mar 31st 2008 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/...
But $12k is more than a good body shop would charge to half-cut a honda civic
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(half-cut is commonly done for rear end collisions, where a good back and front of 2 different cars are welded together) "

Aren't they illegal?? I seriously doubt any 'good body shop' would do this!
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/buying/buying/202620/spot_a_cut_and_shut.html
http://paultan.org/archives/2006/05/01/government-wants-to-curb-half-cut-car-sales/]]>Mar 31st 2008 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/
The icing on the cake came just a few weeks ago, when I installed an XM receiver in my girlfriend's Cobalt. I did it in the dark, with a flashlight, in the middle of a snowstorm. I only had a few basic tools (screwdriver, scissors). It took me 30 minutes, and my job looks and is far more professional than the $80 install charge Best Buy bent me over for.

Needless to say, I'm done with the big box stores. I'll do my own work from now on thank you.
]]>Mar 31st 2008 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Apr 1st 2008 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Apr 1st 2008 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/I just got your comment on the signed car. LOLOLOLOOOOOOL
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/22/even-happier-ending-for-cleaned-xbox-360-owner-gates-signed-c/]]>Mar 31st 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/
"Certain Services may require drilling holes in walls, securing wiring to baseboards, and similar alterations to Your property. Neither firedog nor any Contractor shall be held responsible for any property damage relating to the incidental alterations necessary to provide the Services."

Thoughts on how this applies Nilay?]]>Mar 31st 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Things happened (not as stupid as what happened in this story), but we always covered anything that was our fault.]]>Mar 31st 2008 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/
Not to mention they used a $50 Two channel Target clearance rack amp to provide power for a $3000 head unit, all interconnected with MONSTER CABLES!!!!! Awesome. So now I am in search of a nice compact 5chan amp. ]]>Mar 31st 2008 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/man-left-with-12k-in-damages-after-circuit-city-gps-install-gon/Mar 31st 2008 12:58PM