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Should I buy it now? ... how about now? ... now?

simplethings — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:12:33 -0800

Is there a general liquidation timeline I can use to determine when to purchase an item? I'm specifically looking at Circuit City. I was in there last week and saw that a DSLR (the Canon Xsi) I've been eyeing was at this location and was on sale for 10% off. I went again on Thursday and it was down to 20% off. I just came back from checking today and it was still 20% off and in stock. When would be the best time to purchase it? By "best" I mean lowest price but still in stock. Do liquidation sales go on for months? Or will they just keep decreasing prices so that they can sell everything in a few weeks?
I've considered visiting the store every day in hopes I can catch the next big price drop, but, the closest store is not that close.
Do you think people would buy all of the cameras if it became 21% off?

I guess there are a lot of factors that go into this but, any help would be appreciated.

Help me get bought out.

cusack — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:11:13 -0800

What should we do with our remaining inventory of art books? So a friend and I published this limited-edition book with a run of 1000 about a year ago. The book is a fairly upscale 'zine featuring work we solicited from friends and associates.

We've been selling the book for about a year now and have come to realize that we aren't going to turn a profit on it and will have a tough time making our money back. That is OK with us, but we're moving on to our next project and don't know what to do with the 500+ extra books we've got in storage. We keep saying "Yeah, we just need to find somebody to buy us out..." but then after that there's a long pause as we have no idea how to find that person.

I think what we're looking for is a liquidator or maybe a buyer for a chain of "cool" stores that could buy the lot for a wholesale price.

Does anyone have any advice on this?

Thanks!