Hi I got this e-mail from a friend and thought I would pass it on: Linens 'n' Things in the United States and Canada has gone bankrupt as you probably know. ; Today on the news, Circuit City is on the verge of bankruptcy, they own Best Buy, the Source and Future Shop. ; With Xmas coming beware of any purchases at any of these stores especially gift cards, you may lose all your money, like a lot did with the SAAN store gift cards etc. FYI. b e fore ; you do any holiday shopping, or get stuck with any unused or not honorable gift cards, take a look at the list below. Keep these stores in mind, you wouldn't want to purchase a gift card for someone that won't be able to use it!! &nbs p; ;< /font> Pass it on. It seems there are lots of stores that are closing due to the "recession" and the fact that people are not shopping. If you have any "gift cards" from these stores, make sure you use them, or you will lose them ! ; Watch those store money cards and gift cards.. and credit slips! Stores that informed the Securi ty Exchange of clos ing plans between October 2008 and January 2009. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. Read and remember these names when you shop ; Circuit City stores... most recent (? how many) - Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide are to be shuttered Lane Bryant,, Fashion Bug ,and Catherine's to close 150 stores nationwide Eddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after January Cache will close all stores Talbots closing down all stores J. Jill closing all stores GAP closing 85 stores Footlocker closing 140 stores more to close after January Wickes Furniture closing down ; ; Levitz closing down remaining stores Bombay closing remaining stores Zales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January. ; ; Whitehall closing all stores Piercing Pagoda closing all stores ; ; Disney closing 98 stores and will close more after January. ; ; Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ (New Brunswick) ; ; Macys to close 9 stores after January Linens and Things closing all stores Movie Galley Closing all stores ; ; Pacific Sunware closing stores ; Pep Boys Closing 33 stores ; ; Sprint/ Nextel closing 133 stores ; JC Penney closing a number of stores after January ; ; Ethan Allen closing down 12 stores. &nb sp;& nbsp; ; Wilson Leather closing down all stores ; ; Sharper Image closing down all stores ; ; K B Toys closing 356 stores ; Lowes to close down some stores ;
Although the previous post is correct is pointing out certain stores are in serious financial trouble and using any gift cards issued ; by these stores quickly is very good advice. I'd like to point a few things out. There are no Ciruit City stores in Canada. They do however operate the old Radio Shack chain as The Source. Here's a media report on that. http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=948803 Best Buy owns Future Shop and right now they are no know issues with those companies. BB & FS are combating this ; erroneous viral email information concerning their retail outlets and gift cards. http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/ ... ntoNewHome Happy Shopping
Hey Ham... thanks for clarification. ; I got the same forwarded e-mail at home and proceeded to hit good old "reply to all" and point out the real story for the folks on the list. There are sooooo many of these misleading e-mails out there. ; I ama regular visitor to breakthechain.org. ; There are other sites out there which specialize in urban myths and wacky e-mails.
Nothing wrong with a warning, folks mean well. I also check out snopes.com when something doesn't smell right. Thanks for the breakthechain.orglink Snopes has a whole Disney section. http://www.snopes.com/disney/disney.asp
