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    Circuit City Liquidation Sale tomorrow!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by jjahshik32, Jan 16, 2009.

  1. jjahshik32

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    Anyone heading there extra early? Only if they sold Apple products!
     
    jjahshik32, Jan 16, 2009
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    hm...
    not looking for anything in particular..
    how much will the discounts be?
     
    StrongerThanAll, Jan 16, 2009
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    If its a true liquidation, I'm hoping 40%-50% off HDTVs, monitors, computers and such!

    Either way I'll have to stop by in the morning, a new circuit city opened up in my area just a year ago and the parking lot is ALWAY empty next to the always full parking lot of Best buy.

    I have a feeling early birds will get the best deals or almost steals.
     
    jjahshik32, Jan 16, 2009
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    If only they sold Apple - wow, what deals one might find :)

    I should see if I could go to a circuit city tomorrow - sounds like some nice deals will be out there..

    Now, since they're website is down, what do they usually sell? is it a kind of Best Buy store? I've never been to a circuit city, unfortunately..
    Do they sell Nikon ?
     
    sander1991, Jan 16, 2009
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    Good question, i think they are just like bestbuy
     
    StrongerThanAll, Jan 16, 2009
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    Lucky. The one near me got "looted" by shoppers and closed down almost a month ago. The liquidators raise prices before applying these discounts though... Was looking at a few Logitech DiNovo Edge keyboards for something like 70% off but a) they were marked as $279.99 original price (sold for something like $199 at the original CC, and elsewhere online) and b) all the boxes were open and I didn't trust that.
     
    7evendeuce, Jan 16, 2009
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    Apple forum?
     
    circa86, Jan 16, 2009
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    I was told starting today there would be 10-20% off the original prices. Next week should start 30-40% off.
     
    sonic2120, Jan 17, 2009
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    I went today, but they didn't have that many good deals out, and the only good deals were on car electronics like stereos and sub-woofers for your car. Those were around 30% off, and movies and CD's were 20% off, and everything else was only 10% off. Not too big sales, but I expect them to raise the discount in the coming weeks. I bought a laptop sleeve and "Remember the Titans". :p. Not too big of a purchase, but that was all I need right now. :D
     
    Colton, Jan 17, 2009
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    The prices are set by liquidators, not CC, thus the pricing still sucks.
     
    Outrigger, Jan 18, 2009
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    I pass on liquidation as you cannot take it back if the item is defective. Sometimes the savings are not worth the hassle.
     
    daylove, Jan 19, 2009
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    There aren't really that good savings at all. Liquidators raise the price, then advertise 10% off etc, and people actually think they are getting a good deal.
     
    Colton, Jan 19, 2009
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    I went to circuit city this morning to check out what deals there was...and nothing interesting!

    10% on tv
    20% on dvd
    10% on cameras
    10% on laptops
     
    a4 abt, Jan 19, 2009
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    I would not even go for anything compared with the price of black friday in bestbuy.
     
    fan of laptop, Jan 20, 2009
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    Yeah, BestBuy had some killer deals on Black Friday. I was at Wal-Mart and BestBuy on Black friday, and I saw atleast 125 Flat-screen TV's being bought, because of so many good deals.
     
    Colton, Jan 20, 2009
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