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    2/05/2009

     

    Their Final Words as The Grunts of Circuit City

    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.

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