Circuit City Liquidation

Jaszek · Jan 21, 2009

Read on another forum some guy scored a 430EX II flash for $126. Retail price is about $250. Going to a CC tomorrow to see if they have any worthy deals

schumionbike · Jan 21, 2009

dang I got to go tommorow.

lids369 · Jan 21, 2009

mine overpriced everything, then 10% off. the list for a d80 was 899

Phranquey · Jan 21, 2009

lids369 said:
mine overpriced everything, then 10% off. the list for a d80 was 899

There was an article in the local paper about this. Something to the effect of CC is now in recevership, and the liquidation company that took over has marked everything up before the discounts. People see 30% off, but fail to realize that it has been upped 20% before that, and they fall for it.

Jaszek · Jan 21, 2009

That is why forum people are smart when shopping

but you have to watch this from when Linen and things was liquidating. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMiBVlXctM8]YouTube - Going-Out-of-Business Sales Not Such a Bargain[/ame]

mrodgers · Jan 21, 2009

Sounds like those "women's" stores, aka Boscovs, BonTon and the like. My wife wanted to buy perfume at Boscovs grand opening and I told her to look elsewhere. "But this is 40% off! I can't pass that up!" Well, I made her pass it up and buy it somewhere else for $10 cheaper than Boscovs' 40% off.

rufus5150 · Jan 21, 2009

It took them until they got to 75% off here before their prices on any point and shoot was below amazon.

Yemme · Jan 21, 2009

I loved Linen's n things....

Great floor plan plus pillows and margarita.

royalWITHcheese2 · Jan 24, 2009

Their website said they think it will all round up about the end of March so I'm thinking that's when the real deals will be. The day I went everything was more expensive than the week before during a sale...

Joves · Jan 24, 2009

I went to the Saks Fith Avenue closing sale with an exgf. It was pure insanity women were taking things off and trying things on in the aisles. I never laughed so much shopping with her.

lids369 · Jan 25, 2009

what saks is going out of business??

Yemme · Jan 25, 2009

Um... yes....

Joves · Jan 25, 2009

lids369 said:
what saks is going out of business??

The one in Bloomfield or, Birmingham Mi did many years ago. Or was it Pontiac either way it was a mad house.

Pirate · Jan 27, 2009

I have to agree with the "shopper beware" warning here. Generally when a liquidation company is hired, the first task that they have is to recover as much gain as they can for the company in question. So in this case CC has given them complete control re: prices. This is generally a comission situation so the more the profit, well the more the profit. Very few deals are to be found until the shelves are empty. I shopped just last weekend for a new plasma, and found that CC prices during closeout were up approximately 22% over the price of the same set just two weeks prior.

fightin14 · Jan 27, 2009

The CC in my town was one of he first to close a few months ago and there were no deals at first. But the week that they shut down it got good. I would imagine that it will be better this time because they will have no where to ship inventory to, the whole business is gone not just one store.