Very Surprised

[GTO Man]

One of the most shocking headlines I have seen: American TV Closing all it’s Stores

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Another long time Madison retailer ending it’s run.

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[GTO Man]

Pathetic all the shoppers at American TV today now that they are going out of business. Probably many of those same people checked out merchandise there and ordered online.

[circletrack]

Heard several stories of the prices rising since they announced they were going under… I’ve never bought much there, but it’s a shame they feel the need to take advantage of people even more. No thanks

[Amigo2k]

I went into American today check out the deals … the parking lot was jammed full and stuff was flying out the door (when I left the line of cars was a quarter mile long waiting to get in)… I wasn’t really looking for anything but thought I would take a look … pretty much everything was 5-10% off the full retail price, yet folks were grabbing up stuff like it was 90% off …

Here is an example of a 60″ TV:

If you want to you can buy the same tv online from for a 150 bucks cheaper then the “Store Closing deal” ….

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CPHpkfPX4LwCFcY-MgodkHEADw&Item=N82E16889005488&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Plasma+TV-_-N82E16889005488&ef_id=UwkXuwAABFZoFjPk%3A20140222213347%3As

[Garibaldi]

I had the same observation as Ryan – if anything prices seemed higher than what you would normally expect them to be when “on sale” from the MSRP price.

[GTO Man]

And it isn’t surprising another Wisconsin retailer going out of business sale has prices higher than before the sale.

[circletrack]

Best Buy has better prices, and I’ve heard Brothers Main is matching prices.

I always think sales like this are likely scams, they know people are going to come through the doors, and everyone thinks they are getting a deal – not

[moparkid25]

circletrack wrote:

Best Buy has better prices, and I’ve heard Brothers Main is matching prices.

I always think sales like this are likely scams, they know people are going to come through the doors, and everyone thinks they are getting a deal – not

I have never had a good experience with Brothers Main. Bought from them two times, the first time when they screwed up I asked the owner if he would be in the store on monday, because that when I’ll be back with a return… He suddenly found the missing pieces to my appliance puzzle. The second time they called to tell me my new refrigerator was in, but I had to pick it up on the east side. I go there and they tell me its not in. I call my salesman on the west side asking WTF and all he could say is “well the computer says its here.” The east side guys ended up giving me a different fridge that was bigger and more expensive than the one I originally ordered. What a cluster****.

[circletrack]

Yes, heard horror stories about them all. We’ve always purchased our appliances through Sears and never had a problem

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