# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Countrypolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/858c86/32.png) [@Countrypolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Countrypolitan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/41 "2009-09-29T02:41:00Z")
Petsmart–can’t tell you how much I drop in there between the store, Banfield, and the PetHotel. Plus that’d be one less place for homeless pets to be displayed for adoption. JCPenney’s–being long and tall, they have the best jeans and corduroys for me. New Balance–gotta have the xtra wides, plus they have trail and walking type shoes in colors other than white and plastic. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/42 "2009-09-29T03:18:42Z")
Disney. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/43 "2009-09-29T06:09:31Z")
What is eBay, chopped liver??? ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/44 "2009-09-29T15:13:25Z")
The restaurant my fiance works for. It’s happened twice in the past two years. He’s on his third restaurant. I’d be lost if Fashion Bug closed. They actually have decent close for plus sized women in fashionable styles. And they don’t look like something you’d go clubbing in (Deb); it’s stuff real adult women can wear. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/45 "2009-09-29T15:30:13Z")
Comic Madness (local comic store) Goody Goody Liquor ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/46 "2009-09-29T16:04:28Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > My local comic shop. That would suck. My local game store did close a few months ago. It sucked. A lot. Especially since there was nothing wrong with the business itself, but it was caught up in some shady financial dealings. Some folks tried to get their own store started but it fell through a few weeks ago. That sucked even more. Now, I’d have to say Blizzard. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/47 "2009-09-29T16:20:49Z")
Whole Foods. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/48 "2009-09-29T17:23:34Z")
General Motors or Ford , ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/49 "2009-09-29T17:37:25Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > **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 \* That’s doubly bad news. Lots of airplanes rely on XM satellites for weather and traffic alerts while aloft. Hopefully those screens won’t suddenly go blank. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/50 "2009-09-29T18:25:01Z")
Third on Dr Pepper Lands’ End Does my local public library count? ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/51 "2009-09-30T01:39:05Z")
Probably Rod’s Western Store in Columbus, Ohio, because they have some wonderful horse stuff for not a lot of $$. And they’re very nice people too. Also, the hair salon where I go now for my cut/color. After 3 years of struggling to find a good shop, I’d hate to have to go thru that search again. It’s worse than trying to find a good doctor! ---
**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 30, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/52 "2009-09-30T13:29:18Z")
The Google Fighting Suits down in the third quarter, but the Cyanogen Mad Modders have just made a touchdown. > **[Open sourcers strike back at Google cease-and-desist](https://www.theregister.com/2009/09/28/google_android_developers_reaction/)** > > Android without the Google > [@](#): > > Three days after Google told an independent developer to stop bundling proprietary applications with his alternative Android operating system, fans of the popular package have shot back with plans to work around the move. > > The developer, who goes by the name Cyanogen, said here that he plans to overhaul his CyanogenMod platform so it no longer includes GTalk, YouTube, and other Google-supplied apps that are widely regarded as essential to any Android OS. But in a clever work-around, he will include software with his bare-bones offering that will allow users to install those closed-source programs without molesting Google’s copyrights. > > “In order to get our beloved Google sync and applications back, you’ll need to make a backup first,” the developer, whose real name is Steve Kondik, wrote. “The idea is that you’ll be able to Google-ify your CyanogenMod installation, with the applications and files that shipped on YOUR device already.” ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/53 "2009-09-30T23:50:43Z")
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Flickr. Any of those would make my life hard for a bit. Eddie Bauer, for the reasons above. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/54 "2009-10-01T04:01:06Z")
Fry’s It’s an abusive relationship, I hate them but I love them. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840/55 "2009-10-02T02:29:15Z")
Qantas. I have a lifetime Qantas Club membership which lets me into all Qantas, American Airlines and British Airways lounges (provided I’m flying with one of those airlines). I would hate to lose my lounge access as all Golden Wing members did when Ansett Airlines collapsed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-company-would-you-be-most-upset-about-if-they-went-bankrupt-and-closed/511840.md?page=2)