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Comment Re:Even in death they sucked (Score 4, Informative) 600

I worked for Circuit City before and during liquidation. All the prices for the items went back UP to MSRP. I was part of the stocking team at the time and we had to rewrite almost every single tag in the store to reflect this. We used to sell stuff at (usually)below MSRP, usually by $10 to $20. This is how every retail store works generally. In liquidation they take a small discount off of the MSRP price(the "was" price), and sell it at that discounted price(the "you pay" price). Over time they increase that discount off of MSRP until they reach 90% or some other high number. Only at about 40-60% off do you finally get a better price than it was originally.

Comment Re:Even in death they sucked (Score 5, Interesting) 600

Actually that sort of thing is handled by the liquidation company and in no way is set by the former Circuit City management.

Basically, as in all liquidation sales, they put everything up to MSRP, then take 10%(or whatever the starting discount is) off. Chances are you'd have gotten a better deal the week before liquidation began.

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