I took a trek to Circuit City today in order to see what the chaos would be like. Lucky -- or unlucky -- for me, I got there at precisely 6:45 PM, which was 15 minutes before the store was closing for the night. Go me, right?

In any case, I whipped out my digital camera and took a few clips of what I was seeing. Unlike what I had heard from other blogs and such, and perhaps it's because people were watching the Cardinals beat the Eagles or because the store was about to close already anyway, there were only handfuls of people in the store. The discounts, while substantial, weren't exactly huge, either -- the liquidators had set discounts for 23"-and-under flatscreens, "new" videogames, PC games, Flash memory, and hard drives at 10%. I imagine some people hear, "Liquidation!" and think that they're going to get upwards of 30% off on everything in the store, so maybe throngs of people came and left, hoping to see decreasing prices throughout the week.

For Circuit City's sake, and for the sake of its employees, I hope it can successfully sell off everything without having to mark down prices even more (though of course, as a consumer, lowered prices are exactly what I'm waiting for). It must stink to see people just kind of come in to your place of business, which you know is about to die, sniff around, and just jet.

As for me, I saw that they were selling Rock Band and Rock Band accessories for 20% off. I saw me my Rock Band 2 guitar, and I remembered me my broken Rock Band 1 wired guitar (due to a nameless friend who accidentally sat on it when he fell back onto my couch after beating another friend at Through The Fire And Flames), and so I got me that Rock Band 2 guitar for $56.