Of course, this means nothing in the larger context of the looming disaster next February when grandma, having failed to go to notice the poster at the Post Office or the DMV, turns on her favorite set to get...nothing.Sears, Roebuck, K-Mart $1,096,000
Wal-Mart Stores/Sam's West $992,000
Circuit CityStores $712,000
Fry's Electronics $384,000
Target Corporation $296,000
Best Buy Co. Inc. $280,000
CompUSA, Inc. $168,000
Total: $3,928,000
Sears -- fined for 15 of its stores, its Web site and 20 Kmart stores -- said in an e-mail statement that it was "surprised" by the FCC's action and had eliminated analog inventory from its stores last fall and will soon offer converter boxes.
The company said it hasn't decided whether to appeal or pay the fine.
Best Buy, which was fined for 18 stores selling various models of analog-only equipment, said it was "extremely disappointed" by the FCC's action to what it called a "relatively small number of instances."
"Best Buy voluntarily pulled all analog-only tuner products from our stores on Oct. 1, 2007, in a proactive effort to prevent confusion and to help jump start consumer awareness," the company said in an e-mailed statement.
The company said it did not believe it violated the FCC rule "in any willful or repeated manner."
Wal-Mart spokeswoman E.R. Anderson said in a statement that all the products sold by the company comply with FCC regulations. Wal-Mart has "voluntarily invested millions of dollars in new technology, training, new product and consumer education" for the transition, she said.



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