I managed to snag Grid PC for about $16 ($20 - 20%) and a UMD case for PSP games for about $9 ($13 - 30%), but the vast majority of the stuff in there was still horribly overpriced.
Luckily, thanks to the internet, it's a lot harder for stores to call something a "deal" when in fact it is higher than actual market value and get away with it.
Or maybe that's just an illusion, since there were plenty of people in there still running around grabbing stuff as though it were a super bargain, but I have to believe there were less folks suckered by it than there would've been 10 years ago.
Sidenote: I suspect that once a store starts sliding downhill, it's much harder for them to recover than it once was thanks to the same basic effect. Once upon a time, a store whose stock was starting to slide could send out a bunch of flyers, get some people in their doors, sell some merchandise and turn things around. Now, though, we all know within a day that the reason the flyer is in the mail is that the store is tanking, and so we stay away.
Luckily, thanks to the internet, it's a lot harder for stores to call something a "deal" when in fact it is higher than actual market value and get away with it.
Or maybe that's just an illusion, since there were plenty of people in there still running around grabbing stuff as though it were a super bargain, but I have to believe there were less folks suckered by it than there would've been 10 years ago.
Sidenote: I suspect that once a store starts sliding downhill, it's much harder for them to recover than it once was thanks to the same basic effect. Once upon a time, a store whose stock was starting to slide could send out a bunch of flyers, get some people in their doors, sell some merchandise and turn things around. Now, though, we all know within a day that the reason the flyer is in the mail is that the store is tanking, and so we stay away.