Circuit City Closing (No Hot Deals for You!)

Rupp said:
MStan said:
Are people really that stupid? They see the word closing and 10% and think they are getting a deal.
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How many of the posters here made the trip? That should answer your question :D
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Maybe I'm a bit dense today, but I don't get it. The only reason I went was because it was right across the street from my allergy doctor's office. I also stated that the store was packed BUT nobody was carrying out any merchandise.

Perhaps people in Las Vegas are smarter than the average bear?!?! :)
 
My parents stopped in ours because they were out shopping. They are looking for a Wii and Wii Fit and so that was one of the places they checked. They called and asked if I wanted a wireless Wii Sensor bar - those were already 30% off ($10 base price) so I did have them pick one up for me. $7 is probably an average price if you are buying on-line, but at least this way I don't have to pay for shipping.

But other than that, there were no good deals.
 
I had a gift card that I had to use, so I visited the local CC today. The place looked fairly picked over already. Lots of consumer electronics were empty and they were only 10% off. Music and video were 20% off. I didn't see much at 30% off... what I did see at 30% was stuff that we all would have bought elsewhere cheaper anyway. I did see that they had iTunes gift cards for 20% off, which is what I suspect a co-worker will be spending his gift card on.
 
Geez, it even made my yahoo news front page that "Circuit city sales don't impress bargain hunters."

Who would have thought that a bankruptcy liquidation sale would be so uninteresting?? Good job, circuity city...way to screw THAT up too! :)
 
WayneW said:
I had a gift card that I had to use, so I visited the local CC today. The place looked fairly picked over already. Lots of consumer electronics were empty and they were only 10% off. Music and video were 20% off. I didn't see much at 30% off... what I did see at 30% was stuff that we all would have bought elsewhere cheaper anyway. I did see that they had iTunes gift cards for 20% off, which is what I suspect a co-worker will be spending his gift card on.
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So they are still accepting CC gift cards? I have one and just assumed it wasn't good anymore. I guess I need to dig it out and go shopping while I still can.
 
Yup, just checked the CC web site...

CC Web site said:
Will Circuit City stores continue to accept Circuit City gift cards?
Yes, customers holding Circuit City gift cards may redeem them at full value at our stores during the liquidation sales. Once the stores are closed and the company is out of business, the gift cards will have no value.
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The strange part is, the stores in Canada are staying open, so I would think those cards would still be good over there.
 
Yeah I was telling a friend the same thing. It seems like these 3rd party closeout companies have been handling these situations for the past 15 or so years. You really don't get deals like you used to.

They jack up the price and then mark it 10..15..20% off. Problem is that too many unsuspecting people buy up all of the decent stuff before it really gets to much better than regular sale prices.

I saw this first hand about a year ago when we had some local Albertson's grocery stores closing. These were handled by 3rd party. I stopped in one and most prices were about 20% above those at the other Albertsons that weren't closing. Factor in weekly sale prices on some items and it was crazy to even shop there.

One of the best things that I've gotten is some of the "infrastructure" stuff, i.e. shelves, etc. Sometimes they also sell this too and it makes good garage shelving.

gk
samgreco said:
The problem is that these sales are run by third party companies. And they get paid based on the amount of cash they take in. Then Circuit City's (or whoever's) creditors get paid from the balance. So it's in the liquidation company's best interest to get top dollar. And they base their prices on the "original selling price," which usually means MSRP.

Unfortunately for folks like us, the general public seems to be completely oblivious to reality. Personally I don't even go into those sales until the signs say 50% off or better. I end up with the dregs, but sometimes you can get some deals. I bought all kinds of demo/broken/used type pieces from CompUSA when they went down and most of it was actually fine.

Otherwise I usually do way better shopping around.
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"One of the best things that I've gotten is some of the "infrastructure" stuff, i.e. shelves, etc. Sometimes they also sell this too and it makes good garage shelving."

A local pharmacy recently went out of business (actually they moved to a new location) and I strolled in looking for a steal and found a nice four post, 84U 19" equipment rack with rolling shelves and other accys. A quick $50 and it was mine :)
They had all kinds of video monitoring stuff but the salvage company said the parent company wanted that stuff back.
 
Tried to buy a PC interconnect (DVI cable) there this weekend. Very limited local options for interconnects.

All sold out.

I should be buying that online anyway.

Went to a local appliance store (HHGregg) and they wanted $70 for a 10' DVI monitor cable, from Acoustic Research.

I think I can wait the standard shipping duration... :)
 
DavidL said:
"One of the best things that I've gotten is some of the "infrastructure" stuff, i.e. shelves, etc. Sometimes they also sell this too and it makes good garage shelving."

A local pharmacy recently went out of business (actually they moved to a new location) and I strolled in looking for a steal and found a nice four post, 84U 19" equipment rack with rolling shelves and other accys. A quick $50 and it was mine :)
They had all kinds of video monitoring stuff but the salvage company said the parent company wanted that stuff back.
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I bet the local CC has some great CCTV equipment. Maybe I can put my name on a dome camera...for the kitchen, or bathroom. :P

Seriously, great idea, about the infrastructure stuff.
 
Yeah, I tried to buy the CCTV stuff from a store that was going OOB once, but couldn't find anyone that could do the authorization for the sale. I was hoping for a good bargain, but no luck.

For HDMI, keep an eye on slickdeals.net. There's often a post of a deal (from meritline usually) for cables in the ~$5 range. I ordered 2 10' ones for about 10 bucks and they are fine. Quick shipping too.

gk
 
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