They have this liquidation company cranking up the prices then discounting their new price. Some user at Kotaku ([url=]http://kotaku.com/5133983/the-scene-inside-circuit-city-close-to-pandemonium[/url]) talked about how he went to buy a cabinet. They had it priced at $199. He was going to barter it down to $99, but checked the Amazon listing and saw it for $94 (including shipping, taxes and what-have-you).
You may be tempted with everyone else rushing over there now that it's going out of business, but IGNORE IT. DO NOT GO.

I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, IT WAS OK FOR THE FIRST TIME, MY CLOSEST CIRCUIT CITY WAS ONE OF THE ONES ALREADY LIQUIDATED, AND THEIR PRICES SEEMED SPOT ON TO BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY WERE CLOSING AND AFTERWARDS. ALSO, AMAZON HAS SOME CRAZY ASS SALES AND SOMETIMES THE ONLINE SELLERS HAVE CRAZY ASS SALES, SO AS ALWAYS SHOP AROUND, MAYBE CIRCUIT CITY WILL HAVE THE LOWEST PRICE, MAYBE THEY WON'T, IT'S UP TO THE SHOPPER TO HUNT AND JUDGE.

...maybe i shouldn't have used all caps.

Maybe you shouldn't have. In fact, I can't think of any good reason to do so, ever.
Funny way Wec pointed it out, though :-)

He uses h4x.

I got The Sims 2 deluxe edition for $4.99 from Circuit City over Christmas, I didn't see it cheaper anywhere else.

Fantastic!
And yeah, it's possible that the "liquidation" company could be spiking prices, but like I said in my original post, if they really want to liquidate it, they'll sell them at smart prices because we are smart shoppers, if they refuse, then they'll only get idiots, and sell less.
edit:
as far as I go, well, I'm awesome.

You shouldn't use the word "barter" like that. That means to trade. You mean "haggle".

"Waddya mean, 'e won't haggle?!?" :-D
Doesn't barter specifically mean trading goods for other goods? As in "no money involved"?

Yeah, but I have a feeling that it was more a Christmas sale than a liquidation, it was online after all. But then we went to the store, and their prices were pretty crappy, I agree.

"Ten for that? You must be mad!"
I have heard, though, that you can get some mighty fine deals on their display units.. if there are any left that is.

About 3 years ago, my father and I bought a Plasma HD TV from Circuit City. We carefully drove home and unboxed it to find the screen shattered and the legs broken off. It had obviously been dropped from a fork lift in the warehouse at some point.
We took it back expected Circuit City to apologize and give us a new one. Instead, they accused us of breaking it, and sent us away. My father's credit card company backed CC, and he lost all his money.... after about 6 months, he convinced the CC regional manager to give him a new TV.
Never bought from CC again. Sorry for everyone's jobs, but glad CC is no more.

I have worked for a number of years for an inventory company that works very closely with these liquidation companies. Liquidations always work like this:
Week 1: Raise prices, tack on a "discount" catch a few idiots who don't realize they may actually pay more than full price. This is the week the liquidation company makes most of their money
Week 2: Increase the "discount". Prices are actually at or just below normal retail. Not many good deals to be had, but still plenty of idiots who will think they are getting a good deal.
Week 3: Increase the discount again. At this point, it becomes an actual discount and you can start finding real deals. Depending on the amount of traffic a store gets, this is the week you should hit the liquidation sale.
Week 4: If there is anything left after week 3, the discount gets raised again and the deals become ridiculous. However, usually what is left in the store is the stuff no one actually wanted.
Week 5: If a liquidation goes this far, this is the week they start selling off the store's fixtures (shelving, display racks, etc.). If any merchandise is left, the discount is raised to ludicrous levels, but the best thing you might find on the shelves is a pack of rechargeable batteries.

If your careful about what you buy you can still get early deals in the first week. It may not be the best deal but as usual, YMMV.
Many prices are fixed at MSRP and are rarely reduced (like console games and cables.)
The best deal I saw was to go after some HDMI cables. 30% off isn't bad.
DVD/BD was next best but at that low price you don't get much back for 20% (except for TV seasons.)
I plan on going back every 4-5 days to see where they are. The key question is how fast do they want to liquidate? If they have time, they may not be inclined to reduce prices very quickly.