Sales at Circuit City?

[perla75]

Anyone gone into Circuit City since the liquidation sale started?

I'm wondering how good the sales are-any great deals?

Thanks!

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

I stopped in there today to see if I could vulture anything. There were no great deals at all, just several signs saying "all sales final". I guess the price drops will come later. FWIW, there were a ton of people in there.

 

[perla75]

I've actually never been to a liquidation sale-do these things typically have great deals or not so much?

We were thinking maybe we could find an affordable price on an LCD tv

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

I've actually never been to a liquidation sale-do these things typically have great deals or not so much?

We were thinking maybe we could find an affordable price on an LCD tv

My guess is that electronics won't be cut too drastically.

I knew someone recently who worked at Linens-n-Things while it closed. She said they never had any deals on the "good stuff". But then again I guess "good stuff" is in the eye of the beholder.

I was eyeing plasma TVs at CC today, and there were no 48" or larger less than $1000. LCDs, which I have not priced as closely, were notably higher than plasmas.

 

[3LOVEBUGS]

The store buy me had 30% off everything in the store

 

[perla75]

The store buy me had 30% off everything in the store

Ooh, that sounds great!! Were they ridiculously overpriced to begin with? We don't normally shop at CC-we buy alot of our electronics at Costco.

 

[Notatourist]

Mine had some things 30, some things 20 and some things 20 percent off. My favorite was the woman who ran out of the store without paying...

Yep, insult to injury

 

[perla75]

Mine had some things 30, some things 20 and some things 20 percent off. My favorite was the woman who ran out of the store without paying...

Yep, insult to injury

Eww, that's aweful What did she steal?

 

[mrsdon]

We went by yesterday and didn't find any good deals
I did find a camera at a decent price, but they didnt have any left
It was OK because I didnt need it any way

 

[bicker]

I've actually never been to a liquidation sale-do these things typically have great deals or not so much?

Over the years, a whole "liquidation" industry has grown up -- when stores go out of business, they and their stock are now typically turned over to these liquidators to operate and sell, and they do a very "good" job -- good for the creditors, not-so-much for the buyers.

I would recommend folks carry around a cellphone with access to the Internet, and check every price up against Amazon.com's price before buying anything at Circuit City. Remember, a few months from now, Amazon.com will be closer to your home than this store will be.

 

[Notatourist]

Eww, that's aweful What did she steal?

It's not really known. The salesguy tried to stop her, but if she leaves the building he can't touch her, it would be considered assault.

I did stick up for the guy though, he did try to get her...

It was pretty mind blowing

 

[MarkBarbieri]

My guess is that electronics won't be cut too drastically.

I knew someone recently who worked at Linens-n-Things while it closed. She said they never had any deals on the "good stuff". But then again I guess "good stuff" is in the eye of the beholder.

I was eyeing plasma TVs at CC today, and there were no 48" or larger less than $1000. LCDs, which I have not priced as closely, were notably higher than plasmas.

When choosing between a plasma and an LCD, don't forget to consider power consumption. A typical plasma uses about 100 more watts than a typical LCD. That can amount to $30 a year in extra electricity costs for a heavily used TV.

 

[Micca]

The store buy me had 30% off everything in the store

I did a bit of searching on the 30% off deal. What I'm reading says that the liquidators have set prices on all of the items at MSRP, NOT what CC was selling it for before closing. The 30% off is off the MSRP which in some cases is higher than what CC was selling it for.

If the discounts get deeper there will be a point where things actually are less than what they were selling for at CC but of course you'll find many of the most desirable items already sold.

There might be some deals at CC, just be very careful.

 

[perla75]

Over the years, a whole "liquidation" industry has grown up -- when stores go out of business, they and their stock are now typically turned over to these liquidators to operate and sell, and they do a very "good" job -- good for the creditors, not-so-much for the buyers.

I would recommend folks carry around a cellphone with access to the Internet, and check every price up against Amazon.com's price before buying anything at Circuit City. Remember, a few months from now, Amazon.com will be closer to your home than this store will be.

Good to know! What happens to the leftiver merchandise they were unable to sell?

Bicker: You are from MA-Does it end up in places like Building 19?

 

[beckmrk04]

I was wondering this too, OP. I was considering a trip, even though I hate CC, but DH mentioned looking for a laptop for me.

I don't know if the CC near us is having sales or not.

 

[bicker]

A lot of folks on the A/V forums lament the fact that the unwashed masses buy all the good stuff before it gets discounted enough to be a good deal.

 

[tazdev3225]

I went to my local store yesterday and it looked like they had started the sale weeks ago. I managed to get one decent deal. I needed an extra battery for my new camera and was checking out larger camera bags. The batteries were 10% off and the bags were 30% off. I bought the bag with the battery combo and got both for less than the battery alone. I can't use the bag because it's to small so I guess I'll try and make some money selling that. The TV's were only 10% off and there weren't many left.

 

[luvmy3]

I just read in our paper that the sale got mixed reviews. The big ticket items are only marked down 10 percent right now. The parking lot was full and traffic was backed up on the street waiting for people to be able to pull in so I'm sure people were buying, hopefully they got some good deals.

 

[bicker]

One of the things working against getting a good deal at Circuit City is that a lot of folks have gift certificates and store credits that need to be used before the company goes out of business. So that's artificially inflating the prices at which merchandise would otherwise sell.

 

[Golf4food]

Most of these liquidations are not good deals - the original company sells to a company that specializes in liquidations the they put up a bunch of signs that say "50% off!" etc. but they are not really that on sale - it might be 50% off the original manufacturers suggested retail price (MSRP) but almost nothing gets sold at MSRP - everything is sold below MSRP to begin with - so that 50% off MSRP might be no better (or possibly higher!) than the original retail cost might have been.

When Linens-n-Things was in liquidation we had been eyeing some dinnerware but I kept saying "No, let's keep waiting and see if it goes down further." They finally had it down to "60% off" but I check online and found dozens of places that had the same price - that were not on sale - so the 60% off was a complete lie designed to lure unsuspecting customers into spending money on something they "think" is a good deal but really is not at all.

Shop wisely. Bicker's advice about carrying around an internet capable cell phone or blackberry is very true. Buyer beware!