Seriously, who didn't see this coming?

What's great is that finally the local media is starting to get the word out that these so-called sales are simply a way of helping fools part with their money. The number of people who will be swayed by a brightly colored sale sign no matter what the actual price probably won't decrease by much, but at least this negative publicity is putting liquidators on notice that the public is catching on. If they hope to make much money off future liquidations, they are going to have to work a little harder for it.

The only good deals right now are things that are never on sale, like certain video games and video game accessories.

Everything else is a ripoff with a big sale sign over it.

I went to Circuit City this weekend, and not even everything was on sale. Most of it was 10 percent off, and that's only on regular prices. They still had regular sales to which the 10 percent didn't apply.
The lines at the registers were ridiculous, and people were grabbing up video games - regularly priced at $50 - like they were a huge bargain. Excuse me, but if I can afford a $50 game, that extra $5 (which really just covers the tax) doesn't matter to me.

Lol, did anyone read the poll on their website?

Is Barack Obama's stimulus plan too big or not big enough?

Option 1: Too big

Option 2: Not big enough

@Argy: Well, $5 - $6 off a game (which for recently released titles is pretty much what Gamestop does anyways if they were traded in) it isn't too bad of a deal. Not worth warming up the car and heading out for, but it is still something. I'd love to see games back down around the $40 range for new.

This is probably being run by the same company that did the CompUSA liquidation. I went in twice over the course of a week and a half to see if there was anything decent, and the prices were pretty much universally 10-15% MORE than they were at the Wal-Mart across the parking lot. And not for some general thing like "A keyboard" or "speakers" but for the exact same SKU.

Sounds like when I went to Office Depot last week. They're closing, and are advertising great deals. I picked up a pack of lined Post-It notes, and they were selling them for $9.99. Same thing is around $5 elsewhere. Their mouse pads are also overpriced ($10 for a little one?).

@chatterboxwriting: Who needs a mouse pad in this day and age? Get an optical, or a laser even.

And the last horse crosses the finish line!!!

@Oranges w/ Cheese: I like a mousepad with my laser mouse...

@Intangible_360:

Awwww, the dreaded Goldilocks conundrum.

I'm not a huge fan of Wal-Mart, but I'm glad to see that they are autmoatically undercutting Circuit City's attempt at sale.

@Oranges w/ Cheese: Its much better to have a mousepad than to tear up your desk with a mouse, and I have an optical mouse.