Stubborn Discount Pricing At Circuit City...

[frostbitetwice]

Do not bother to run to your local and soon to be gone retailer, Circuit City...

They are still short circuiting when it comes to liquidation pricing. Reminds me of CompUSA...

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Circuit City Liquidation Prices Still More Expensive Than Wal-Mart
from the liquidate-that dept

With Circuit City finally giving up the ghost last week and deciding to liquidate and close down its remaining stores, you might think there would be some decent bargains on electronics.

Not necessarily. Consumerist points out that a local TV station checked out some of the prices and found that, in many cases, the liquidation prices were actually higher than buying the same items at Wal-Mart online.

Apparently, the liquidation experts running the sales figure that as long as people think they're getting a steal of a bargain, they'll really believe they are.

[michaels39]

This is why they're going out of business in the first place.They'd run sales on merchandise and list inflated regular prices to make the "sale" price seem low,never giving consumers enough credit to catch on,and seemed oblivious to the competition from Wal-Mart and BestBuy.Even now,with the end in sight,they're still trying to milk the customers for all they can get.

[Steve R Jones]

Originally Posted by frostbitetwice

[font="Georgia"][size="2"]Apparently, the liquidation experts running the sales figure that as long as people think they're getting a steal of a bargain, they'll really believe they are.

Its the same company that did CompUSA...They also are known to bring in junk/refurbs etc from other places to help get rid of it too.

As always - consumers need to do their homework.

[captainjrl]

Originally Posted by michaels39

This is why they're going out of business in the first place.They'd run sales on merchandise and list inflated regular prices to make the "sale" price seem low,never giving consumers enough credit to catch on,and seemed oblivious to the competition from Wal-Mart and BestBuy.Even now,with the end in sight,they're still trying to milk the customers for all they can get.

You can't put what is happening now with pricing back on Circuit City as they have nothing to do with it. It is a completely different company running the show. Circuit City is merely a host for the parasite of a company running the going out of business sale.

[captainjrl]

Yes, the tactics are the same, but I don't feel you can put the blame on CC for another company doing it the same way. Its not like they invented the scheme.

[michaels39]

The liquidation sale may be handled by a different company,but the sales tactics they're using are the same.Make the customers think they're getting a big bargain when they aren't.

[frostbitetwice]

Originally Posted by Steve R Jones

Its the same company that did CompUSA...They also are known to bring in junk/refurbs etc from other places to help get rid of it too.

As always - consumers need to do their homework.

Thanks for the alert, I am trying to keep Mrs Frostbitetwice from going there...

Originally Posted by michaels39

The liquidation sale may be handled by a different company,but the sales tactics they're using are the same.Make the customers think they're getting a big bargain when they aren't.

Very good point, Michaels! I have been wondering why it takes weeks on end to rid a store of its inventory!!

[frostbitetwice]

Originally Posted by captainjrl

Yes, the tactics are the same, but I don't feel you can put the blame on CC for another company doing it the same way. Its not like they invented the scheme.

Captain, then they should take down their name or call it Circus City...

[bigjohnzzz]

Wait until the last week. That's when the "real" bargains will be available.

By then, everything worthwhile will probably have been purchased (at inflated prices, unfortunately), but that's the way the game is played.

[frostbitetwice]

Originally Posted by bigjohnzzz

Wait until the last week. That's when the "real" bargains will be available.

By then, everything worthwhile will probably have been purchased (at inflated prices, unfortunately), but that's the way the game is played.

Not....My wife went the another day and said it the atmosphere was like being at a flea market...

They will do what Frank's Nursery and CompUSA will do, sell for a while and clear out all the merchandise....They will Fleabay and sell the rest below wholesale to resellers..