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Goodbye circuit city!

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I was never a big fan of CC but they were close so when I needed something I would head there as I preferred it over Best Buy.

And speaking of Best Buy, there are two of them less than 10 minutes from that CC.
 
Damn. CC used to be pretty awesome, too. I recently started shopping there again after being fed up with BB.

/makes mental note to go bargain-hunting at CC tonight
 
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Im going to buy all the Microsoft products for half price
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Given the fact that all recent liquidations / going out of business sales have sucked, I'm not so sure about that 😛
 
they just put one in a new strip center about 5 minutes from here, never even put products in it.
 
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
These "liquidations" are a joke.

They don't reduce the prices by jack shit.
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Depends how the liquidation is handled. There's a couple liquidation companies out there that do in fact jack with prices the night before the liquidation process. They put higher priced stickers on there to bring the "after discount" price almost to the same level as the everyday retail price, if not actually higher.

And yeah, it is a sham, but any buyer that does their homework knows this.
 
Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
What becomes of those extended service plans they've been pushing on customers?
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The extended warranties are covered by third party insurance companies. You lose the in-store ability to get service, but the warranties should be fine (provided the insurance company doesn't go belly up).
 
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: aldamon
Originally posted by: MovingTarget
/makes mental note to go bargain-hunting at CC tonight
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Liquidations are rarely bargains.
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Yeah, I'm sure CC will use one of the large liquidating companies that will perform a slow price reduction process.
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That and anything good will be bought at full price, sometimes higher, just because it must be a good price as they are going out of business so why even check.
 
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
These "liquidations" are a joke.

They don't reduce the prices by jack shit.
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Agreed....at least in CC's case.

When I went to one of the stores near me that was part of the original 155, their "liquidation-everything-must-go" prices for Harmony remotes were higher than the non-sale prices at a Best Buy across the street.

Humph.
 
Originally posted by: dartworth
People really still shop at BB and CC? I haven't set foot in one in years...
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I wouldn't say "shop". But they were handy to go and look at what you are going to buy online somewhere else.

 
I knew that they were closing some stores, and had a feeling this wasn't that far off. It became really apparent when they weren't stocking any of the new PC games like COD: World at War in any of their stores. I'm sad to see them go as I definitely preferred them to Best Buy (another company that's in awful shape).
 
I'll tell you one thing, there were some amazing deals at the Circuit Cities around me that already closed (all the GA ones went away in my area already).

I got 2 PS3 games for $6 each, 1 for $8 and one for $12 and DVD's were about $4 each.
 
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