Good Guys ( American company ) - wikipedia Good Guys ( American company ) This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( January 2013 ) This article is about the defunct United States electronic chain. For other uses, see The Good Guys ( disambiguation ). The Good Guys, Inc. Former type Electronics Industry Retail Fate Acquired by CompUSA Founded July 1973 Defunct 2003 ( acquired ), 2005 ( all stores renamed / closed ) Headquarters Brisbane, California Products Consumer electronics Website None The Good Guys was a chain of consumer electronics 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. By 2006, all of the company 's stores had closed. Contents 1 Re-launch 2 Hostage crisis 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Re-launch After all The Good Guys stores closed, CompUSA began marketing all California and Hawaii stores as CompUSA with The 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 Guys name, and assist in launching its new Home Entertainment sections in select locations. The Good Guys name once again no longer existed in 2008 when CompUSA closed its remaining stores. Extended warranties on televisions purchased through The Good Guys or CompUSA can still be accessed through General Electric Extended Warranties. 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 robbers. This event became the largest hostage rescue operation on home soil in U.S. history to date, with about 50 hostages ' being held at gunpoint. See also The Good Guys ( Australia ), a chain of electronics stores that are not associated with the American operations. References Jump up ^ `` Taclink - Sacramento County Sheriff 's Department SED ''. Retrieved January 3, 2013. `` Good Guys lose suit to block competition, '' Sacramento Bee, December 2, 1987. `` Market Place ; Electronics Chain On Roller Coaster, '' New York Times, July 6, 1992. `` Good Guys bets that the customer is always right, '' San Jose Mercury News, November 23, 1992. `` Good Guys horror still vivid to ex-hostages 4 years later, '' Sacramento Bee, April 3, 1995. `` Good Guys CEO Discloses Master Plan, '' San Francisco Chronicle, July 27, 1999. `` Good Guys Inc. will drop computers, office products, '' Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 2, 1999. `` Good Guys to spin off web store, '' CNET, January 5, 2000. `` The Good Guys Laying Off 450 Employees '', San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 2001. `` CompUSA to purchase Good Guys : $58 million deal expected to benefit both companies '', San Francisco Chronicle, September 30, 2003. `` Good Guys quarterly sales fall, sees wider loss, '' Forbes, June 10, 2003. `` Ex-Good Guys director settles SEC charges, '' MSNBC, April 26, 2005. `` Good Guys to close stores : Stand - alone outlets in California and Hawaii to get the ax, '' San Francisco Chronicle, October 6, 2005. External links The Good Guys, Inc. History at FundingUniverse Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Good_Guys_(American_company)&oldid=810080140 '' Categories : Consumer electronics retailers in the United States Defunct retail companies of the United States Retail companies based in California Companies based in San Mateo County, California Brisbane, California Electronics companies established in 1973 Retail companies established in 1973 Companies disestablished in 2005 1973 establishments in California 2005 disestablishments in California Defunct companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area Hidden categories : Articles lacking in - text citations from January 2013 All articles lacking in - text citations Pages using deprecated image syntax All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from June 2008 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 13 November 2017, at 06 : 52. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: when did good guys go out of business
Answer: 2006