15 Companies That Might Not Survive 2009

horsemen_ · Post by **horsemen_** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:03 pm

so who on the list are you most surprised to see

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15 - Rite Aid. " have one with in 10 miles of the house been to it twice
14 - Claire's Stores. when you have 3 stores in 1 mall ya you need to close some
13 - Chrysler - didnt they just get a bail out
12 - Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group "same as above its a bank
11 - Realogy Corp "never heard of"
10 - Station Casinos "never heard of"
09 - Loehmann's Capital Corp "never heard of"
08 - Sbarro "they have good pizza but i never eat pizza at the mall "
07 - Six Flags " try lowering the price so people can afford to get in the park the parks was allways full when it was $25-30 to get in now its close to 65 a person crazy.
06 - Blockbuster "dose this mean netflixs win?
05 - Krispy Kreme "no not Krispy Kreme hire more cops"
04 - Landry's Restaurants "never heard of them"
03 - Sirius Satellite Radio xm should have never joined the sinking ship
02 - Trump Entertainment Resorts Holdings - "what donald broke?"
01 - BearingPoint - "who"

MissTynker2 · Post by **MissTynker2** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:13 pm

Rite Aid caught my attention, especially since they are now in the process of building a brand new spacious store in this town...but then again...circuit city surpised me as well!

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:26 pm

I kinda thought Blockbuster might show up sooner or later.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:51 pm

Surprised to see Chrysler and Sirius there.

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:18 am

Chrysler won't go under. The country will go into tail spins. Think of the job losses. TARP will fund them.

Station Casinos are huge out here in Vegas. That would suck as they are the best locals spot for casino type entertainment(I go for the local bands that play there). They have like 11 very large resorts here.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:58 am

horsemen_ wrote:so who on the list are you most surprised to see

link

15 - Rite Aid. " have one with in 10 miles of the house been to it twice
14 - Claire's Stores. when you have 3 stores in 1 mall ya you need to close some
13 - Chrysler - didnt they just get a bail out
12 - Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group "same as above its a bank
11 - Realogy Corp "never heard of"
10 - Station Casinos "never heard of"
09 - Loehmann's Capital Corp "never heard of"
08 - Sbarro "they have good pizza but i never eat pizza at the mall "
07 - Six Flags " try lowering the price so people can afford to get in the park the parks was allways full when it was $25-30 to get in now its close to 65 a person crazy.
06 - Blockbuster "dose this mean netflixs win?
05 - Krispy Kreme "no not Krispy Kreme hire more cops"
04 - Landry's Restaurants "never heard of them"
03 - Sirius Satellite Radio xm should have never joined the sinking ship
02 - Trump Entertainment Resorts Holdings - "what donald broke?"
01 - BearingPoint - "who"

Chryler will likely go under... it should since its very wasteful in building the cars they do and not advancing more towards better fuel economy.

Six Flags - yes for charging too damn much and that goes for any park. I was planning another Busch Gardens trip but unless I can get tickets less than the 59$ each then I'm not fooling with it.

I don't see Sirius XM going under at all..the merge was a good idea to keep the current customers..after all if they go under who's going to take over the Sats flying around for them?

I don't know about the rest but there are many smaller places around here hurting.. Advanced Auto just laid off local drivers to outsource deliveries from store-to-store.... nice way to stimulate the local economy Advanced.

horsemen_ · Post by **horsemen_** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:13 am

Sirius XM will go under because alot of the xmers have left after the merge i for one left and i had 3 units and if you look at the xm forums alot are leaveing because the play list are so small now or they dump the ch they like. for xmas i got a wifi radio and i can hear everything on sirius even howie only thing i cannt get yet is ron and fez and thats only a matter of time

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:19 am

horsemen_ wrote:Sirius XM will go under because alot of the xmers have left after the merge i for one left and i had 3 units and if you look at the xm forums alot are leaveing because the play list are so small now or they dump the ch they like. for xmas i got a wifi radio and i can hear everything on sirius even howie only thing i cannt get yet is ron and fez and thats only a matter of time

I use XM mostly for sports (football).. I hardly use it during the regular year.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:29 am

So how do you justify the monthly charge if you don't use it? I'm curious because the wife got me one for Christmas..(XM) and I can't seem to justify it at all as I'd only use it maybe 6 hours a week if that.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:39 am

downhill wrote:So how do you justify the monthly charge if you don't use it? I'm curious because the wife got me one for Christmas..(XM) and I can't seem to justify it at all as I'd only use it maybe 6 hours a week if that.

I'm not paying the full price... A friend of mine already had it and he just added another radio to it so its only a fraction of the amount. I purchased him a football ticket for a game in the fall and he paid me up for the year.

But no really I couldn't justify the full amount if its not being used.. for someone traveling alot then its worth it but otherwise no. However, I use the login to the site to listen to the channels for free while at work over the internet..so it works out pretty good.

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:11 pm

I just used HotWire to book a cheap hotel in Vegas... $97 per night got me a studio at Trump Tower!!

I hope they stay open into April.

Sirius surprised me.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:41 pm

horsemen_ wrote:so who on the list are you most surprised to see

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06 - Blockbuster "dose this mean netflixs win?

The one in my town already closed down.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:08 pm

only one i would sincerely miss is krispy kreme. there's nothing like a fresh krispy kreme doughnut! sad to see any legit business die tho..but they need to learn to manage $$...

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:33 am

Wow..didn't know Sirius and XM were really that bad off...

Sirius XM prepares for bankruptcy

[INDENT]The recently merged company between Sirius Satellite Radio, and XM Satellite Radio, have merged into Sirius XM, but along with the merge, came a massive debt that neither company was able to cover. The total debt for the newly merged company totals $3.25 billion overall, $175 million that is due at the end of February, something the company is unlikely to cover.

The company that reports more than 20 million active subscribers can see both its success and failures come from the auto industry, which offers Sirius XM pre-installed in some of the vehicles, but has recently asked for a bail out to dig itself out of the recession. The debt amounts from expensive satellites launched into space to provide signals anywhere in North America using the Sirius XM receivers.

EchoStar, a TV satellite company, could take over the company if things don't improve in a very short time. It is unclear if customers will be affected with the down fall of Sirius XM even with a rise in customers over the last year, having more new and returning customers than ever before.

An announcement will be made shortly if or when the company completes the paper work for filing a chapter 11. High priced talents like Howard Stern and Matha Stewart, both brought on by the company to promote the sales of their hardware, could see a prompted end to their satellite career as the company tries to cut back. [/indent]

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/02/1 ... bankruptcy

Illini25 · Post by **Illini25** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:54 pm

mountainman wrote:I just used HotWire to book a cheap hotel in Vegas... $97 per night got me a studio at Trump Tower!!

I hope they stay open into April.

Sirius surprised me.

Going to Vegas next week. $85 for Thurs - Sat night. Total!

Rumor has it that LV is suffering bigtime as well. We'll see in about a week first hand.

Station Casino's: Scattered around Las Vegas.

Sirius-XM: They need to dump some star salaries. Oprah, Martha Stewart, O&A, Stern, etc. Maybe even some of their dj's. If they are really "sirius" about cutting the bottom line.