{"id":1082,"date":"2009-02-05T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/archives\/1082"},"modified":"2009-02-05T15:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T10:12:00","slug":"their-final-words-as-the-grunts-of-circuit-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/their-final-words-as-the-grunts-of-circuit-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Their Final Words as The Grunts of Circuit City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now here it was the final day. We opened and were immediately rushed with people. I mean it was crazy. Now we still had some software and ink, plenty of cables, plenty of media, along with other random stuff. At 1 PM a manager came on the loud speaker. “For the next 20 minutes only take and additional 50% off of everything.” So that continued for two hours. At 3 he started naming stuff that we had plenty of (like ink and cables) and said that the stuff is $1. So I grabbed a PlayNC card for $1. And back to work. By 4 PM most of the stuff had died down, but we still had plenty of cables and ink. The liquidator just grabbed a cart, filled it with random shit and said ” WHOLE CART FOR $1″. So everything else went out the door fast. But a buddy of mine did come up with gold. He got a lens (which was in plain sight and wasn’t stashed) and a flash for $10. Now the lens was a $400 lens and the flash was $200. So I’m sure he ebayed that for some pocket.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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