Liquidation Sale blues

[cesariojpn]

So one of the Borders near me is closing, and they've started to haul out many of the fixtures. I decided to go in one day and check it out.

Overpriced [shucks]. I ask abit about other bits, or maybe see if they're dumping junk that i could buy for a song. I find out they threw out numerous wire racks and old electronics to the dumpster just the day before.

my reaction:

[Rodebaugh]

aren't all the borders closing?

Edit to add: That's a shame you couldn't do the scrap thing.

[cesariojpn]

aren't all the borders closing?

Edit to add: That's a shame you couldn't do the scrap thing.

Yeah, all of them were going kaput.

I know, it was crazy. I'd figured that the liquidation company would entertain any offers if it means money in their pocket, no matter how small. But no, I find out that they were sorting out the backroom and they were throwing out stuff they thought had little to no value. Metal shelving that was junk or had no use, nails, bolts, etc.

Some of the prices on some of the stuff is abit outrageous. $25 bucks for a 3 ft wire shelf displayer with barely $2 in scrap metal on it??

[natsb88]

aren't all the borders closing?

Edit to add: That's a shame you couldn't do the scrap thing.

Yeah, all of them were going kaput.

I know, it was crazy. I'd figured that the liquidation company would entertain any offers if it means money in their pocket, no matter how small. But no, I find out that they were sorting out the backroom and they were throwing out stuff they thought had little to no value. Metal shelving that was junk or had no use, nails, bolts, etc.

Some of the prices on some of the stuff is abit outrageous. $25 bucks for a 3 ft wire shelf displayer with barely $2 in scrap metal on it??

Yeah, but look up the price of a new one. They aren't thinking in terms of scrap, they're thinking in terms of usable fixtures.

[Dr. Cadmium]

It's ironic that they threw out the stuff you were most willing to pay for. The same thing happens to me at estate sales and moving sales, so I always check out the dumpster first. Routinely that's where the best stuff is, plus I don't have to pay for it.

Normally liquidations are announced in advance, so try to get in on the action earlier next time and you might be able to score some scrap. Also, you may still be able to get some at the end of the liquidation if they have fixtures they' couldn't sell.

I deal in used books, and if you want to talk about a dying business, bookselling would be a topic for much conversation - both retail brick & mortar and online models.

[Thogey]

It's ironic that they threw out the stuff you were most willing to pay for. The same thing happens to me at estate sales and moving sales, so I always check out the dumpster first. Routinely that's where the best stuff is, plus I don't have to pay for it.

Normally liquidations are announced in advance, so try to get in on the action earlier next time and you might be able to score some scrap. Also, you may still be able to get some at the end of the liquidation if they have fixtures they' couldn't sell.

I deal in used books, and if you want to talk about a dying business, bookselling would be a topic for much conversation - both retail brick & mortar and online models.

This is because Americans are becoming illiterate!

[cesariojpn]

It's ironic that they threw out the stuff you were most willing to pay for. The same thing happens to me at estate sales and moving sales, so I always check out the dumpster first. Routinely that's where the best stuff is, plus I don't have to pay for it.

Normally liquidations are announced in advance, so try to get in on the action earlier next time and you might be able to score some scrap. Also, you may still be able to get some at the end of the liquidation if they have fixtures they' couldn't sell.

A friend did go in on the first day and asked to buy some of the fixtures. Got put onto a list as the first request and he waited. It took them about 2 weeks to get back to him to even tell him the prices of the items. By then, he was kinda pissed about it.

I deal in used books, and if you want to talk about a dying business, bookselling would be a topic for much conversation - both retail brick & mortar and online models.

This is because Americans are becoming illiterate!

Blame e-readers as well. I prefer dead tree corpses than some souless automaton.

[cesariojpn]

Okay, so I decided to try again, maybe see if they uncovered something else. Plus final 2 weeks, so I figured the prices would be slashed.

Nothing of value.....some buggered CCTV unit (offered $1 since they said it didn't work.....nope, they wanted $2000 ("bundled" with the still working CCTV unit and stuff) and I said "[fluff] it.") Postal scale (the "bathroom" scale type) was $20 (Won't haggle after I offered to buy both for $30....bitches).

Ugh, you think in the final weeks, they'd be trying to clear out......nope.