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According to an announcement today by Great American Group, one of the firms liquidating the remaining Circuit City inventory, over $1 billion of product has been moved in the last month. After the announcement on January 17 that Circuit City would be closing its 567 stores, sales have apparently been brisk on discounted consumer electronics.

While that’s all well and good, deeper discounts and even lower prices are on the way, starting this Thursday, February 19th, and will continue for the next month or so until all inventory is gone. So, for those shoppers who didn’t bite at the “going out of business” prices, maybe now they’ll be able to find some real deals worth their time.

Read this CNET story and tell me, how many times have you gone to the store, picked up an item, looked at the price and said to yourself “Hmm, that doesn’t look right. That’s way too cheap. Probably a mistake.” So you go to check out, and the item rings up at a different, more normal price. Who’s at fault? You? For what, reading what it says right there on the price tag? Or the store, for making an error when marking the price tag? Sounds like the store to me. You know, that’s why most newer stores don’t include prices on the items themselves anymore (with the exception of high-end clothing and department stores. They are trying to avoid making those mistakes, and they’re absolutely right for doing so. Nothing wrong with that.

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