# Which company would you be most upset about if they went bankrupt and closed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 28, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840 "2009-09-28T13:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/21 "2009-09-28T17:07:28Z")
Tim Horton’s PayPal ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/22 "2009-09-28T17:13:32Z")
Eddie Bauer. Just about every item of clothing I wear comes from there, as they are one of the few normal (i.e. not “Big and Tall”) stores that carry tall sizes. The company filed for bankruptcy earlier this year and I just about had a heart attack. Luckily, it looks like there’s currently no plan to close their retail stores, at least not at this point. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/23 "2009-09-28T17:18:11Z")
Google, of course. And I’ll second Tim Horton’s. In the realm of companies that would be more likely to actually go out of business, I’ll nominate the Vietnamese pho place here in town that so far is the only place I’ve been able to find really good pho. And Larson’s Toys and Games, a local toystore where I do a lot of Christmas and birthday shopping for my kids. ---
**Author:** ![steadierfooting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@steadierfooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steadierfooting)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/24 "2009-09-28T17:18:38Z")
Heinz. Specifically their Ketchup line. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/25 "2009-09-28T17:27:01Z")
My company, of course (I’m a sole proprietor). After that, hmm… perhaps the gym I go to. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/26 "2009-09-28T17:39:06Z")
Google by far. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/27 "2009-09-28T17:57:24Z")
Google. Diet Coke. My local butcher. Trader Joe’s. Acme Bread. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/28 "2009-09-28T18:11:47Z")
ING Direct. I love love love banking with them. It’s so easy and user-friendly, and there are no fees and no minimums for savings and CDs. Now, if they could just up the interest rates back to 2006 levels. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/29 "2009-09-28T18:43:31Z")
**XM Sirius**. 'Cause then there really will be nothing on the radio in my car and I hate burning/changing CDs. I’m a stockholder and the last annual report I got, they were talking about a reverse stock split. That usually means the ship is not only sinking, but she’s shifting and listing too. - cries \* ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/30 "2009-09-28T19:00:21Z")
Google. Amazon. REI. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/31 "2009-09-28T19:01:11Z")
Dr Pepper. I’d have to take about two weeks off of work to go into Diet Dr Pepper rehab. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/32 "2009-09-28T19:24:42Z")
Amazon Google Sierra Nevada XM Sirius ( **Dogzilla** , that’s terrible news. I can’t do terrestrial radio any more!) ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/33 "2009-09-28T19:24:53Z")
Gotta second Dr Pepper. Oh the withdrawal I’d have… A tiny little butcher in southern MN who makes the most heavenly marinated roasts. Micro Center - computer parts ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/34 "2009-09-28T19:42:33Z")
Target! I’m in the process of replacing any and all name brands I normally purchase with Target brands and have found that they’re equal or even superior to, their more expensive counterparts! Plus they have great, inexpensive clothing! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/35 "2009-09-28T20:01:20Z")
The Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys® ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/36 "2009-09-28T20:21:16Z")
Gap (incl. Banana Republic and Old Navy) - I need the tall pants, like others in the thread. I also buy tons of my kids’ clothes from Old Navy - they have great sales. Target (I also like their store brand) Apple Netflix - although I am sure someone would fill the niche, would they do it as well? Meijer (local superstore, better than WalMart, ours has online grocery ordering) Honda Ikea ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/37 "2009-09-28T20:26:07Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Amazon > > XM Sirius ( **Dogzilla** , that’s terrible news. I can’t do terrestrial radio any more!) I know, I can’t either. XM Sirius’s stock is tied to the auto industry. Cash for Clunkers was like a shot in the the arm for XMSR (I think the ticker is now SIRI since the merger), so that might help keep 'em in business for a while. Hopefully, the car industry will bounce back soon and hopefully before XM Sirius tanks altogether. I am hesitant, however, to renew my subscription next year for two full years. I’m not confident they’ll be in business that long and they surely won’t refund any prepaid subscriptions if they close shop before my two years is up. (They won’t even prorate refunds if you cut off your subscription to start a new one with a new radio!) I’ll be paying more per month, but I might have to go to six months or month-to-month unless the stock rebounds and people start buying satellite radios, or cars with 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/38 "2009-09-28T21:13:45Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > **XM Sirius**. > > - cries \* > [@silenus](#): > > XM Sirius ( **Dogzilla** , that’s terrible news. I can’t do terrestrial radio any more!) Would HD Radio be any consolation, or is XM way ahead of that too? ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/39 "2009-09-28T21:40:39Z")
Borders or Barnes & Noble. Either one would cut my number of places to hang out in half. Though I’ve gotten wary of Borders since they’ve apparently cut their selection by a third or more, and everyone says Borders is going to die next year. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/40 "2009-09-28T22:03:49Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > Would HD Radio be any consolation, or is XM way ahead of that too? If it has ads or talking djs, I can’t do it. XM Sirius is the only thing that exists between LA and Las Vegas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840.md?page=3)