{"id":13580,"date":"2017-11-15T23:33:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T04:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=13580"},"modified":"2021-03-22T23:52:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T03:52:50","slug":"best-buy-7006-two-notch-road-28-october-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=13580","title":{"rendered":"Best Buy, 7006 Two Notch Road: 28 October 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How have the mighty fallen..<\/p>\n

This Dentsville<\/a> Best Buy<\/i> across from Columbia Mall<\/a> used to be my go-to place for quick buys of computer and networking equipment when I had my previous job. It was also a good place for DVDs & CDs, back when those were a thing. Lately I have had much less need to test various networking configurations or throw together new linux & Windows installs, so my visits had become much more rare. I did feel that the merchandise was starting to rattle around in this huge building a bit as they kind of thinned out the inventory. I also felt it was becoming much more common to find unstocked gaps on the shelves where tags indicated your item *should<\/i>* be, and for finding items which seemed to be completely untagged or priced..<\/p>\n

Of course the root cause of all of those symptoms is the ongoing \"creative destruction\" of retailing as we have known it. It's simply the case now that I will only hit a Best Buy<\/i> if I need something *today<\/i>*; otherwise it's Amazon<\/i>. That said, I'm still surprised they didn't stay open through the holiday shopping season.<\/p>\n

Here's The State<\/a> story announcing the closing.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 22 March 2021<\/b> -- As mentioned in the comments, this place is being converted into a church:<\/p>\n

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