Stores all over the Hoosier state have been taking an extra 11% off all purchases for the last several weeks. Anyone else experiencing this?

I used a pair of $5 off coupons to cover the cost of the first season of A Football LIfe on DVD. I'd never heard of the show put out by the NFL Network back in 2011. It's also the first time I've seen it on a shelf. It was priced at $6.99

Only extra discounts here other than the sale discounts are the $5 off $15 coupon you get for making a donation to their charity and the usual coupons you get for making multiple purchases. I recently stacked enough of those to get ~50% off a larger purchase. Totally impressed the checker (she'd never seen me come through before - most of them know I'm a regular and do that fairly frequently).

The store here has had a fairly decent stock of media lately (2 waterfalls) but nothing new, or at least nothing I "need." Blue Planet 2 and Black Sails - Complete Series on BR are ones that stood out but I own both already - don't remember the prices but they are decent and lower than Amazon. That stock also seems to be moving very, very slowly. The newer store in a neighboring town (~20 miles away) has very little media (would fill half a waterfall) and it's kind of stuck off on a shelf in a corner near the food area.

Store that's shutting down near me is not discounting parts of their stock. There was no sign about a discount on films.

Went to the other store left in Tacoma yesterday with a 20% coupon. No box fans (in August??), no food I wanted, & no films I wanted (less than 3/4 of a metal fixture. And this was one of the superstores..... No wonder they're going out of business.

Both Big Lots stores in my area are on the list of closing stores.

One of them just opened up in September of 2022

The list of Big Lots Stores Closing

Here's The List of Big Lots Stores Closing (msn.com)
Alabama

• 1327 S. Brundidge St., Troy

Arizona

• 1416 E Route 66, Flagstaff
• 17510 N 75th Ave., Glendale
• 3630 W. Baseline Rd., Laveen
• 2840 E Main St., Ste 109, Mesa
• 6839 E Main St., Mesa
• 24760 N Lake Pleasant Pkwy., Peoria
• 2020 N 75th Ave., Ste 40, Phoenix
• 230 E. Bell Rd., Phoenix
• 4727 East Bell Rd., Phoenix
• 2330 W Bethany Home Rd., Phoenix
• 4835 E Ray Rd., Phoenix
• 1260 Gail Gardner Way, Prescott
• 10220 N 90th St., Scottsdale
• 940 E Baseline Rd., Tempe
• 7025 E Tanque Verde Rd., Tucson
• 4525 N Oracle Rd., Tucson
• 3900 W Ina Rd., Tucson
• 2520 S Harrison Rd., Tucson

Arkansas

• 2999 N College Ave., Fayetteville

California

• 1670 W Katella Ave., Anaheim
• 6336 E Santa Ana Canyon Rd., Anaheim
• 2240 El Camino Real, Atascadero
• 1085 Bellevue Rd., Atwater
• 1211 Olive Dr., Bakersfield
• 2621 Fashion Pl., Bakersfield
• 1482 E 2nd St., Beaumont
• 353 Carmen Dr., Camarillo
• 19331 Soledad Canyon Rd., Canyon Country
• 1611 E Hatch Rd., Ste A Ceres
• 1927 E 20th St., Chico
• 12550 Central Ave., Chino
• 2060 Monument Blvd., Concord
• 740 N Main St., Corona
• 5587 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City
• 912 County Line Rd., Delano
• 1085 E Main St., El Cajon
• 8539 Elk Grove Blvd., Elk Grove
• 1500 Oliver Rd., Fairfield
• 9500 Greenback Ln., Ste 22, Folsom
• 17575 Foothill Blvd., Fontana
• 1986 Freedom Blvd., Freedom
• 3520 W. Shaw Ave., Fresno
• 4895 E Kings Canyon Rd., Fresno
• 7370 N Blackstone Ave., Fresno
• 2900 W Rosecrans Ave., Gardena
• 360 E 10th St., Gilroy
• 1551 Sycamore Ave., Hercules
• 42225 Jackson St., Ste B, Indio
• 3003 W Manchester Blvd., Inglewood
• 1020 W Imperial Hwy, La Habra
• 6145 Lake Murray Blvd., La Mesa
• 4484 Las Positas Rd., Livermore
• 380 S Cherokee Ln., Lodi
• 1009 N H St., Ste M, Lompoc
• 2238 N Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach
• 951 W Pacheco Blvd., Los Banos
• 1321 West Yosemite Ave., Manteca
• 665 Fairfield Dr., Merced
• 111 Ranch Dr., Milpitas
• 27142 La Paz Rd., Mission Viejo
• 3900 Sisk Road, Modesto
• 3615 Elkhorn Blvd., North Highlands
• 1702 Oceanside Blvd., Oceanside
• 4430 Ontario Mills Pkwy, Ontario
• 1875 Oro Dam Blvd E., Oroville
• 6646 Clark Rd., Paradise
• 47 Fair Ln., Placerville
• 30501 Avenida De Las Flores, Rancho Santa Margarita
• 810 Tri City Ctr., Redlands
• 2620 Canyon Springs Pkwy., Riverside
• 565 Rohnert Park Expressway, Rohnert Park
• 6630 Valley Hi Dr., Sacramento
• 8700 La Riviera Dr., Sacramento
• 370 Northridge Mall, Salinas
• 499 W Orange Show Rd., San Bernardino
• 3735 El Camino Real, Santa Clara
• 1417 S Broadway, Santa Maria
• 568 W Main St., Ste B, Santa Paula
• 2055 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa
• 1189 Simi Town Center Way, Simi Valley
• 633 Sweetwater Rd., Spring Valley
• 2720 Country Club Blvd., Stockton
• 27411 Ynez Rd., Temecula
• 955 Sepulveda Blvd., Torrance
• 2681 N Tracy Blvd., Tracy
• 1840 Countryside Dr., Turlock
• 225 Orchard Plz., Ukiah
• 818 Alamo Dr., Vacaville
• 14790 La Paz Dr., Victorville
• 2525 S Mooney Blvd., Visalia
• 13241 Whittier Blvd., Whittier
• 52 W Court St., Woodland
• 1320 Franklin Rd., Yuba City
• 56865 29 Palms Hwy., Yucca Valley

Colorado

• 6626 South Parker Rd., Aurora
• 1990 S Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs
• 2975 New Center Point, Colorado Springs
• 5085 N Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs
• 2401 N Ave, Ste 19b, Grand Junction
• 2628 11th Ave., Greeley
• 8100 W Crestline Ave., Unit B5, Littleton
• 2151 Main St., Longmont

Connecticut

• 1470 Pleasant Valley Rd., Manchester
• 56 Turnpike Sq., Milford
• 3105 Berlin Tpke., Newington
• 42 Town St., Ste 1200, Norwich
• 1931 E Main St., Torrington
• 650 Wolcott St., Waterbury
• 40 Boston Post Rd., Waterford
• 560 Windsor Ave., Windsor

Florida

• 21697 State Rd., 7, Boca Raton
• 25191 Chamber Of Commerce Dr., Bonita Springs
• 901 N Congress Ave., Boynton Beach
• 7381 52nd Pl. E, Bradenton
• 328 E Sugarland Hwy., Clewiston
• 4847 Coconut Creek Pkwy., Coconut Creek
• 2400 W International Speedway, Daytona Beach
• 34940 Emerald Coast Pkwy., Destin
• 15271 Mcgregor Blvd., Fort Myers
• 1761 E Hallandale Beach Blvd., Hallandale
• 3921 Oakwood Blvd., Hollywood
• 8265 W Flagler St., Miami
• 5580 Nw 167th St., Miami Lakes
• 2882 Tamiami Trail E, Naples
• 700 Blanding Blvd., Ste 1, Orange Park
• 11230 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando
• 11672 E Colonial Dr., Orlando
• 1801 S Semoran Blvd., Orlando
• 7067 W Broward Blvd., Ste B, Plantation
• 1440 NE 23rd St., Pompano Beach
• 11854 US Highway 19, Port Richey
• 511 N State Rd. 7, Royal Palm Beach
• 3750 Bee Ridge Rd., Sarasota
• 2236 Se Federal Hwy., Stuart
• 12601 Citrus Plaza Dr., Tampa
• 41306 US Hwy 19 N, Tarpon Springs

Illinois

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• 8148 S Cicero Ave., Burbank
• 1699 River Oaks Dr., Calumet City
• 1139 W Broadway, Centralia
• 1608 N Larkin Ave., Crest Hill
• 204 S. Randall Rd., Elgin
• 10850 Lincoln Trl., Fairview Heights
• 340 Summit Dr., Lockport
• 7233 W Dempster St., Niles
• 17w714 W 22nd St., Oakbrook Terrace

Indiana

• 138 W Hively Ave., Elkhart
• 3958 Illinois Rd., Fort Wayne
• 8401 Michigan Rd., Indianapolis
• 2136 E Markland Ave., Kokomo
• 2806 Frontage Rd., Warsaw

Kansas

• 7533 State Ave., Kansas City
• 2450 South 9th St., Salina

Kentucky

• 1321 2nd St., Henderson
• 1980 Pavilion Way, Lexington
• 4025 Poplar Level Rd., Unit 102, Louisville

Louisiana

• 3161 E Texas St., Bossier City
• 2354 S Range Ave., Denham Springs
• 3557 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy., Lafayette
• 339 South Dr., Ste D, Natchitoches

Maine

• 1100 Brighton Ave., Portland

Maryland

• 4420 Mitchelville Rd., Bowie
• 6623 Governor Ritchie Hwy., Glen Burnie
• 3331 Corridor Marketplace, Laurel
• 21800 N Shangri La Dr., Unit 20, Lexington Park
• 11989 Reisterstown Rd. #a, Ste A, Reisterstown

Massachusetts

• 41 Pond St., Ashland
• 400 Main St., Dennis Port
• 178 N King St., Northampton
• 179 Highland Ave., Seekonk
• 1150a Union Street Ext., West Springfield

Michigan

• 750 Perry Ave., Big Rapids
• 373 N Willowbrook Rd., Coldwater
• 2353 N Park Dr., Holland
• 3669 E. Grand River Ave., Howell
• 4254 28th St. SE, Kentwood
• 5625 W Saginaw Hwy., Unit 1, Lansing
• 32399 John R Rd., Madison Heights
• 2020 Grand River Ave., Okemos
• 1401 Spring St., Petoskey
• 6207 S Westnedge Ave., Portage
• 2850 Washtenaw Ave., Ypsilanti

Minnesota

• 2614 Bridge Ave., Albert Lea

Missouri

• 4201 S Noland Rd., Independence
• 3225 Missouri Blvd., Jefferson City
• 13637 Washington St., Kansas City
• 1417 N Belt Hwy., Saint Joseph
• 4433 Lemay Ferry Rd., Saint Louis
• 4930 Christy Blvd., Ste 2, Saint Louis

Montana

• 1200 10th Ave. S, Great Falls
• 2930 Prospect Ave., Helena

New Hampshire

• 216 Washington St., Claremont

Nevada

• 1601 W Craig Rd., N Las Vegas

New Jersey

• 471 Green St., Woodbridge

New York

• 2276 Delaware Ave., Buffalo
• 698 S Ogden St., Buffalo
• 4406 State Route 5 & 20, Ste 129, Canandaigua
• 260 Voice Rd., Carle Place
• 231 Centereach Mall, Centereach
• 2309 N Triphammer Rd., Ithaca
• 4645 Commercial Dr., New Hartford
• 316 Cornelia St., Plattsburgh
• 43 Burnett Blvd., Poughkeepsie
• 751 Upper Glen St., Ste 2, Queensbury

North Carolina

• 8215 University City Blvd., Ste E, Charlotte
• 9535 S Blvd., Ste C, Charlotte
• 2000 Avondale Dr., Ste E, Durham
• 3420 Southwest Durham Dr., Durham
• 822 E Main St., Jefferson
• 1515 Garner Station Blvd., Raleigh
• 6540 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh

Ohio

• 11372 Princeton Pike, Cincinnati
• 9690 Colerain Ave., Cincinnati
• 359 Miamisburg Centerville Rd., Dayton
• 1520 N Clinton St., Defiance
• 1170 Indiana Ave., Saint Marys
• 410 E Perkins Ave., Sandusky
• 4925 Jackman Rd., Ste 15, Toledo
• 7779 Tylersville Rd., West Chester

Oregon

• 2000 14th Ave. SE, Albany
• 18565 SW Tualatin Valley Hwy., Beaverton
• 1960 Echo Hollow Rd., Eugene
• 304 NE Agness Ave., Grants Pass
• 2083 NE Burnside Rd., Gresham
• 2121 Newmark St., North Bend
• 16074 SE Mcloughlin Blvd., Ste 8, Portland
• 2025 Lancaster Dr. NE, Salem

Pennsylvania

• 713 E Baltimore Ave., Clifton Heights
• 2820 Gracy Center Way, Coraopolis
• 201 West Lincoln Hwy, Exton
• 345 Scarlet Rd., Ste 22, Kennett Square
• 199 Franklin Mills Blvd., Philadelphia
• 2980 Whiteford Rd., York

South Carolina

• 1016 Pine Log Rd., Aiken
• 1841 J A Cochran Byp., Ste A, Chester
• 1937 Wilson Rd., Newberry

South Dakota

• 1617 Eglin St., Rapid City

Tennessee

• 209 S Royal Oaks Blvd., Ste 206, Franklin
• 2301 Gallatin Pike N, Madison
• 1410 S 1st St., Union City

Utah

• 702 E State Rd., American Fork
• 1030 North Main St., Layton
• 1617 North Main St., Logan
• 5516 South 900 E, Murray

Vermont

• 1400 Us Route 302, Berlin
• 303 Us Route 4 E., Rutland

Virginia

• 590 Branchlands Blvd., Charlottesville
• 736 Warrenton Rd., Unit 102, Fredericksburg
• 2110 Wards Rd., Lynchburg
• 7743 Sudley Rd., Manassas,
• 5900 E. Virginia Beach Blvd, Norfolk
• 8533 Midlothian Tpke., North Chesterfield
• 1650 General Booth Blvd., Ste 200, Virginia Beach
• 14603 Telegraph Rd., Woodbridge

Washington

• 1650 Birchwood Ave., Bellingham
• 14907 4th Ave. SW, Burien
• 17307 SE 272nd St., Covington
• 6727 Evergreen Way, Everett
• 1301 W Meeker St., Kent
• 1515 Marvin Rd. NE, Lacey
• 5401 100th St. SW, Ste. 102, Lakewood
• 5710 196th St. SW, Lynnwood
• 2815 Capital Mall Dr. SW, Olympia
• 1940 E 1st St., Port Angeles
• 3399 Bethel Rd. SE, Port Orchard
• 120 31st Ave. SE, Puyallup
• 14215 SE Petrovitsky Rd., Renton
• 1743 George Washington Way, Richland
• 9612 N Newport Highway, Spokane
• 1414 72nd St., Tacoma
• 2100b SE 164th Ave., Ste E, Vancouver
• 151 Easy Way, Wenatchee

Wisconsin

• 616 W Johnson St., Fond Du Lac
• 3960 Mormon Coulee Rd., La Crosse
• N78w14511 Appleton Ave., Menomonee Falls
• 5415 Washington Ave., Mount Pleasant
• 699 S Green Bay Rd., Neenah
• 3426 Kohler Memorial Dr., Sheboygan
• 1690 S Main St., West Bend

Wyoming

• 3501 E Lincolnway, Cheyenne

They seem to be closing down locations that aren't working. The two locations I see closing down which I have some familiarity with were newish locations that I never saw busy even on weekends. Only 4-5 years old if I'm remembering correctly.

They're closing most of the Wa state stores. They've really had little (almost no movies) that have interested me in a long time.

Remember the $1-$3 Black Friday box sets from a few years back?

BL announced 12 more closings in Wa state today, including the most subjectively busy store near me. I'm going to have 1 BL within reasonable driving distance (15-20 miles).

I expect Bankruptcy soon. Wonder if $ Store will get the media or.........?

I doubt Dollar Tree ever gets in more media.

How long has it been? I haven't been in there in ages.

DT has gotten rid of media

My local Dollartwentyfive Tree has had the same DVD's sitting there for the past two years. If they couldn't sell them when they were $1.00, I doubt anyone will grab them now at $1.25. I do wish they'd get BluRay's or CD's again, but I doubt that'll happen. Sad sign of the times.

18-24 months? They had one final wave of independent junk which didn't light the world on fire and was purged from stores soon after. I did notice they brought back overstock hardcover books fairly recently after those had disappeared for a long time.

Big Lots filed for bankruptcy this morning.

• Private equity firm Nexus Capital Management has agreed to buy Big Lots for $760 million, consisting of $2.5 million in cash plus its remaining debt.

Big Lots files for bankruptcy protection, sells to private equity firm as it promises to keep offering 'extreme bargains' (msn.com)

I suspect they are merely extending their lifespan a few months. The chain just doesn't have a reason for being anymore and they fill no useful niche. The transition from an overstock store to a poor man's Target was poor planning.

The studios probably aren’t producing that many excess discs now anyways, so they won’t be getting many more in. The party’s over. I’m out of shelf space anyways.

The last store in my city is closing. It's a BL "superstore", which makes it a bit of a surprise. They apparently closed the next city over (Puyallup) in the last batch.

The two Big Lots stores in my area have officially closed

The chain is hearing its death rattle.

Got an eblast from Big Lots today with a ‘$10 off $20 or more’ coupon which is certainly more generous than their usual offerings. Presumably it will help them clear out a lot of stuff from the remaining stores. Doubt I’ll be in the U.S. to use it, but one never knows (and the Michigan store I visit does have a minor selection of movies).

I guess because all the local stores are closed or closing, I'm no longer getting those.

Yeah, I suspect I won’t be getting them much longer, either. The store I visit was just a wee bit more thinly stocked when I was there a couple of weeks ago compared to previous visits in the spring and early summer. I did grab a few indie horror DVDs, but the disc pickings have been slim for ages.

I visited my closest Big Lots yesterday to look for other things and decided to take a look at media. Very few Blu's and a bit more DVD's.

I haven't seen the store on any list of closures but their stock levels on about everything, except some new seasonal Christmas "stuff" was very low.