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Yeah, I have about 6 items on backorder that I doubt I'll ever receive. I'd ordered Tremors: The Series with the 50% off code back in May... now I realize why they haven't gotten any new stock after all this time. Already received cancellation notices for a couple items that had been backordered for weeks, despite still being in print.

Also pre-ordered a blu-ray due in September (Mother's Day) -- guess I'll be shopping for it elsewhere now.

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Whatever. Makes a really fractured conversation with 24 posts in one forum, 35 in another, then this thread. I'm interested in the topic but don't want to chase all those down.

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Sad to see them go, but it was pretty inevitable once they started closing stores last year.

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Right, some of us only read one forum and there is definitely a time sensitive problem here with returns, borders bucks, and now with the borders.com either showing no local stores and/or "technical difficulties" in ordering; plus borders stores can often be pissy with customer service. As soon as I got the alert from the WSJ, I returned a $60 item I had been thinking of doing; luckily a cash purchase. Stores can close awfully fast. Otherwise, one thread would be nice, but where? The logical store forum has had 300+ views, while the 2 others are each over 1000+. If I hadn't known, I would have missed it everywhere but blu-ray. I thought it was more important to alert people than to worry where it went.

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Well in THEORY the "liquidation" should mean dropping prices, but knowing Borders, anything that could be considered a genuine "deal" is miles off (September post-Labor Day). When they finally do start to mark stuff down that low, they'll only have crap left.

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I did a store search for my area. The only Borders that I know in the area didn't show up, but a couple of their other properties did. By that, I'm referring to a couple of Waldenbooks stores down here. I had totally forgotten that Waldenbooks fell under that same Borders umbrella. I guess those stores will be closing, too. That leaves hardly any real book stores in my city.

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The Waldenbooks in the Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho will be gone by the end of September. Which would bother me, but the employees were all unfriendly in there and acted as if people buying things annoyed them. At any rate that leaves exactly 0 bookstores in my area if we are not including used bookstores.

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I will miss borders. How can the government watching more than 10000 people get fired in current situation?

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Do you want the government to use money that they don't have to save Borders?

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^^Apparently the B&M Bookstore lobby isn't powerful enough.

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But why did they spend billions of dollars for auto industry and bank? It's not fair.

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^that got me to laugh out loud at work...good job!

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That's always the way. I don't think I have ever ended up buying anything at any liquidation sale. The vultures pick things off when they are still more expensive than you could get it somewhere else, thinking they are getting some deal because there's a sign that says "going out of business" out front. Then when it gets low enough, there isn't a thing left I would want.

I must admit a great deal of jealousy to those people around here who have had success at these liquidation sales. :D

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That sounds like the cities that will be losing Waldenbooks down here. Brownsville will be down to one book store, and my city will be down to two. One of those is strictly a used book store and the other is a Bible book store. Actually kinda sad to think about.

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I will miss Borders quite a bit, and though I haven't bought as much in recent years as I once did (I'm looking at you, Amazon Prime and/or the library) it's a shame to see them go.

Never was a B&N fan (for no particular reason), but I liked the vibe in each and every Borders I've been in. I guess I took Borders existence for granted, thinking it would just always be there. It's a shame, but I'm aware I've hardly been a regular purchaser there in some time (again, Amazon Prime and/or the library).

Despite B&N, the loss of a huge, comfortable, well-stocked neighborhood bookstore is just wrong, somehow...

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Oh well, there goes my $20 in Borders Bucks.:(

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Politicians need cars and money, not books! :D

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You should be fine if you use them quick.

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Please tell me that you do not vote.

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They're not in my account yet. I only have $5 coming Aug, then the balance is to be spaced out over the next few months.:(

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:lol:

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From a Borders Rewards email:

Going out a business sales begin in stores Friday, July 22. I encourage you to take advantage of this one-time opportunity for find exceptional discounts on your favorite books and other great merchandise. Gift cards will be honored during the liquidation sales, and Borders Rewards Plus members will continue to enjoy their Borders Rewards Plus Discounts through August 5. Further, all Borders Bucks will be honored until they expire on July 31.

My local manager told me that they have to empty the distribution centers as well, so new stock will probably be coming in. The liquidators will determine the changing discount levels and some product categories that aren't moving will probably change faster than others.

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From a Borders Rewards email:

Going out a business sales begin in stores Friday, July 22. I encourage you to take advantage of this one-time opportunity for find exceptional discounts on your favorite books and other great merchandise. Gift cards will be honored during the liquidation sales, and Borders Rewards Plus members will continue to enjoy their Borders Rewards Plus Discounts through August 5. Further, all Borders Bucks will be honored until they expire on July 31.

My local manager told me that they have to empty the distribution centers as well, so new stock will probably be coming in. The liquidators will determine the changing discount levels and some product categories that aren't moving will probably change faster than others.

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So August Borders Bucks won't be honored?

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Looks that way from the email. :P

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No Aug Borders Bucks and I bet I won't get my Stargate Atlantis box set which was supposed to ship next week. Doesn't surprise me.

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I'm another one who prefers Borders over B&N. Definitely notice more people in the Borders stores here in SF than in B&N... it just seems more alive, with customers from all ages sitting around reading and shopping. Too bad there won't be any Borders.

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They aren't messing around ("Up To"):

<a href="http://s395.photobucket.com/albums/pp36/Chris-01/?action=view&amp;current=borders.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp36/Chris-01/borders.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

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In 'You've Got Mail', the oversized B&M Bookstore forced the 'Shop around the Corner' to close. I smell a sequel!!! 'You've Got Mail, Books, Movies, and More!'. The story of how online retailers, put the big bad bookstore out of business... Turns out the small bookstore owner invested in a small start up called 'The Jungle' (amazon, duh) and now the Jungle is putting the big store out of business. Tag line: "Payback is a B*tch!"

What do you think Hollywood?

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That's like all liquidation sales I have seen. Of course what we are interested in, Blu's will take forever to get at that 40% off which when as you say it says original price means it will still be a terrible price.

I'll check mine out on the way to work this morning, but don't expect anything worthwhile.

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Probably only magazines will be 40% off at first- it'll take several weeks for the good stuff to drop to levels worth checking out.

There was a lot of controversy in Davis (CA) when a Borders opened there- all the independent bookstores protested that it would put them out of business, and some of them closed right when Borders opened. Wonder if one of them will move into the Borders space when they're gone?

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Question is: Is the discount off the list-price, or currently marked prices? When "Ultimate Electronics" was going through its liquidation, discounts were taken off the marked prices, which was really nice. I don't think we'll be that lucky with Borders' sale, though.

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Ad says up to 40% off orig. price... so list. Which sucks.

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Even if it's marked prices though that will still not be good though for Blu's since they were almost always higher than the other stores. I would say until they get to what 25% or more would it even get to be a deal compared to say Target/Best Buy normal prices? And like most liquidation I'm going to guess the Blu's will be at 10% starting.

EDIT: Stopped by on way to work and they are 40% off ORIGINAL prices right now. If I recall right the original prices listed appeared to be the MSRP, so for example even the LOTR extended was still $72 so not cheaper than any deal we already have gotten for it. While I'm guessing most will be gone before it reaches the price point it means I probably would not bother with anything until say 65% off at the least.

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DVDs 20%
blu 40%

Of course people are buying butt loads of DVDs.

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Anyone know what percent off books are?

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What price point do you mean? As the store winds down to the closing date (30th July, I'd suppose), will prices for everything still go down even further? Like you said, at it's current rate, there are no real deals to be had at all.

10-20% off. Mostly just 10% off on the good stuff.

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Yes, prices will continue going down until everything - or as much as possible - is sold off. That's how liquidation sales are run.

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Why don't they have the biggest discounts from the beginning and just get it over with quickly?

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Is that a serious question?