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Like many of you geeks out there, the temptation to swoop in and take advantage of the liquidation bargains in great but beware.

It is very typical for the liquidators to jack up retail prices before giving the discount, thereby making what seems like a good deal not a good deal.

This is especially true on discontinued and old items like video games etc. Be sure and know the going price of whatever you are buying before you head to Circuit City. One example was the Xbox360 game Bioshock. When the first round of closings occurred a couple months ago, I had just bought the game from another retailer for $30 – a just reduced price since the game was reaching the end of its cycle. We stopped at Circuit City an they had the game listed as retailing for the original $59 price with a 20% discount. That would mean paying $48 for a game selling everywhere else for $30.

This is a common practice so watch out.