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Circuit City Liquidation Sale Price Switch-Can You Beat It or Will It Beat You?
hdguru.com - 11/7/2008
Circuit City Liquidation Sale Price Switch-Can You Beat It or Will It Beat You?
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Addendum Circuit City’s posted “current” price in a “closeout” store is not the same as Circuit City really charges (at its own website) for the same product. It is tagged significantly higher with five out of five TVs surveyed! The HD Guru priced five HDTVs at its closeout store in ...
Circuit City's $1.1 Billion Bankruptcy Loan Buys It More Time
bloomberg.com - 11/11/2008
Circuit City's $1.1 Billion Bankruptcy Loan Buys It More Time
— bloomberg.com — Circuit City's $1.1 Billion Bankruptcy Loan Buys It More Time By Dawn McCarty and Mark Clothier Nov.... 11 (Bloomberg) -- Circuit City Stores Inc. , the consumer electronics chain that filed this year's biggest retail bankruptcy, arranged $1.1 billion in ... (more) Circuit City's $1.1 Billion Bankruptcy Loan Buys It ...

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Circuit City Liquidator Demonstrates Its Ability To Do Math [Circuit City Death Watch]
consumerist.com - 11/11/2008
Circuit City Liquidator Demonstrates Its Ability To Do Math [Circuit City Death Watch]
— consumerist.com — Reader Scott went to the closing Circuit City in Oklahoma City and found that there weren't many... deals to be had. He also noticed that Circuit City's liquidator seems to be having a problem... (more) Circuit City Liquidator Demonstrates Its Ability To Do ...

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online.wsj.com - 11/10/2008
Circuit City Files for Bankruptcy
— online.wsj.com — Troubled electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday in an effort to... stay ahead of lenders owed $898 million. With going-out-of-business sales already in full swing at about 20% of its outlets, the nation's ... (more) Circuit City Files for Bankruptcy

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Gizmodo:  How to Buy a Liquidation Sale HDTV at Circuit City and Not Get Screwed (Hint: It's Hard) [Circuit City]

Boing Boing Gadgets:  Circuit City selling "liquidated" HTDVs for more than their website

CrunchGear:  Circuit City scamming people on “liquidation” sales

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How to Buy a Liquidation Sale HDTV at Circuit City and Not Get Screwed (Hint: It's Hard) [Circuit City]
Gizmodo — We'd already warned you that your local dead Circuit City wouldn't let a great liquidation deal go without a fight, but goddamn, they are not playing. Besides the standard trick of bumping the pre-sale price to eat into the paltry discount, HD Guru (who helped us buy an HDTV like a pro) runs down all the horrible reasons you shouldn't buy an HDTV there. There are absolutely no returns, and you can't get a power-on test in the store, so if you take a TV home and it's DOA, you're completely in the manufacturer's hands. All of the TVs on the ...

Circuit City selling "liquidated" HTDVs for more than their website
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... whim of the manufacturer's warranty. The good news: it you're fine with buying a display model, Circuit City will be selling them as "open box" and heaping a negotiable 10% discount on top of it. That could be tempting, and HD Guru has a few good pointers on making sure you don't get screwed on the transaction, including how to calculate how much of the display life you've lost and getting all the parts and materials that originally came with the television. Circuit City Liquidation Sale Price Switch-Can You Beat It or Will It Beat You? [HD Guru] ...

Circuit City scamming people on “liquidation” sales
CrunchGear — Circuit City is hurting right now and apparently that is justification for ripping people off under the umbrella of a liquidation sale. These so-called sales are within the 155 stores that are being shut down immediately, but a few reports have indicated that prices are being marked up and then receive a magic 10% off, resulting in a “sale.” In fact, these in-store prices are higher than the Circuit City website which is exactly counter the latest Circuit City ad campaign which claims “A One Price ...

Circuit City files for bankruptcy; bargain hunters, beware
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... 11 cents Monday morning. Not good. Now, say the word "bankruptcy" and bargain hunters (hey, myself included) immediately think "fire sale." And with the holiday shopping seasons right around the corner, the news couldn't have come at a better time. (Of course, the hundreds of freshly laid-off Circuit City employees would probably beg to differ.) But before you start picking around for deals at a soon-to-close Circuit City location—especially if you're in the market for an HDTV—read this story from the HD Guru first . Among his various points: Some closeout sale prices are ...

Was Circuit City's Website Pulled Because The Deals Were Too Good? [Liquidations]
Consumerist — ... be updated when a response is received). The HDTVs priced are as follows Model/Store Price/10% Off Price/ “True” Current CCWeb Price Samsung/PN50A550 $1999.99 $1799.99 $1699.99 Samsung/LN46A550 $1699.99 $1529.99 $1449.99 Samsung/LN52A750 $2999.99 $2699.99 $2699.99 Sony/KDL40V4100 $1399.99 $1259.99 $1199.99 Sony/KDL52XBR6 $3499.99 $3149.99 $3299.99 HDGuru also notes that all sales are final and you are not allowed to check to see that your merchandise works before you buy it. Circuit City Liquidation Sale Price Switch-Can You Beat It or Will It Beat You? [HDGuru] ...

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