Reader Eric writes in to let us know that our advice about inspecting Circuit City liquidation merchandise before buying it saved his brother from getting stuck with the wrong item. So my brother was at Circuit City last night seeing if he could take advantage of their liquidation. He saw a display ...

It’s become a tradition of ours over the last several weeks to travel to Circuit City to see how their liquidation sale is going and with roughly a week left in operations, this weekend was certainly going to be no different. On Friday, I took a trip to the Culver City, CA location of Circuit City...

A horrible reminder about how you could get screwed by Circuit City's merciless liquidiation overlords: Two customers bought shattered LCD TVs—you're not allowed to open the box to check......

While the closure of Circuit City may mean excellent (and not so excellent) deals on video games and electronics, it can also mean buyer remorse. Especially when one considers the "All sales are final" policy. Reader John tells us his tale of nonreturnable woe, a massive disappointment to the tune o...

With Circuit City’s insolvency made official some time ago, CrunchGear points the way to maximizing the retailer’s bankruptcy (click on the thumbnail to view a larger-size version; click on that for the full-sized image) A first-hand account of the sale’s benefit available to those...

More than a few people have detected a whiff of sarcasm in this Best Buy sign, in which the electronics retailer pretends not to be pleased as hell over the demise of a top rival. As College OTR puts it: "Best Buy Making the Most Out of the Recession by Being Dicks." Via BuzzFeed. —Posted by Tim N...

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Reader TJ says he's found the worst laptop deal of all time, and it's at a Circuit City liquidation sale in Florida. I know you guys have been getting plenty of shots of the “liquidation sale� items and well I got one for you. A 14� HP laptop with a Celeron M processor, 512mb RAM, 80 GB hard d...

In the latest in the string of grim news coming from retailers across the nation, Home Depot has announced that 7,000 jobs will be cut and four dozen stores closed. The cuts constitute 2% of its total workforce, and the shut-downs involve the company's high-end EXPO stores, YardBIRDS stores, Design ...

A storewide liquidation always summons one's buzzard instinct. One imagines the goods strewn about like carrion on the desert floor, practically there for the taking. Not so at Circuit City. Circuit City's in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy which means all its assets are being sold off. That includes the in-...