The Good Guys!
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| The Good Guys! | |
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| Type | Electronics |
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| Founded | 1973 |
| Headquarters | Brisbane, California |
| Industry | Retail |
| Products | Computers, televisions, VCRs, and DVD players |
| Website | None |
The Good Guys! was a chain of electronic retail stores with 71 stores in California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. The company was headquartered in Brisbane, California in the Dakin Building in the early-1990s and subsequently in Alameda, California until it was bought in late 2003 by CompUSA. The Good Guys was founded in 1973 by Ron Unkefer on Chestnut Street, San Francisco. As of 2006, all The Good Guys stores are closed.
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[edit] Re-launch
After all The Good Guys stores closed in 2005, CompUSA began marketing all California and Hawaii stores as CompUSA with Good Guys Inside in response to Best Buy's new marketing campaign with Magnolia Inside. However, this marketing campaign was dropped in an attempt to further separate CompUSA from the Good Guy name, and assist in launching its new Home Entertainment sections in select locations.
[edit] Hostage crisis
- Further information: 1991 Sacramento hostage crisis
In 1991, one of the stores in the chain located in Sacramento was taken over by four armed gunmen. The event would end up being the largest hostage situation to ever take place in North America.
[edit] Popular culture
- In Paragon City, the fictional setting of the massively multiplayer online game City of Heroes, there is a chain of electronics stores called "Badguys" (slogan: "Off the Truck Prices... No Questions Asked").
- In an episode of I'm With Busey, Gary Busey tried to convince Adam de la Pena that The Good Guys! was a warehouse for Weapons of Mass Destruction.
[edit] Australia
A chain of discount electrical retailers in Australia trades using the same name and the slogan "Pay Less, Pay Cash!" Unlike their US Counterparts, the Good Guys chain in Australia are performing well and is a popular electrical retailer with stores in all States of Australia. The US and Australian Good Guys stores, however, are completely unrelated.
