Blockbuster Canada : Liquidation Sale has begun !! Check ur local BBV for deals !

Went to another local BB that is not closing to use up my gift card and most coupons I had for the store. They actually has 30% off pre-viewed dvds/blu-rays so was nice for the ones I did not have coupons for. Spent the last 70 bucks from my gift card and am done with it now, yay!

I would have bought one of the pre-paid VISA/MC's long ago when I had 400 on my gift card but all the stores I tried at wouldn't let me, hit and miss it seems to be able to buy those with a gift card.

I feel bad for those losing their jobs, it really does suck. But I am happy with the deals I got.

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Originally Posted by xbbx

Please stop calling my store (hastings) asking about deals. We're all gonna tell you we're not closing.

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I didn't call your store. I called Bramalea City Centre in Brampton, ON. Sorry you are getting harassed, but people are curious and have questions. They really didn't explain much in the articles, nor is there any information on their website regarding this (well there was none earlier, have not looked since this morning, so not sure if that has changed). So naturally people are going to be curious.

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Originally Posted by Dayanara

I didn't call your store. I called Bramalea City Centre in Brampton, ON. Sorry you are getting harassed, but people are curious and have questions. They really didn't explain much in the articles, nor is there any information on their website regarding this (well there was none earlier, have not looked since this morning, so not sure if that has changed). So naturally people are going to be curious.

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I know, I know there's gonna be a lot of people on this forum that's from all over the place. I'm from BC and I work at one of those stores.

I had just got off work and I had quite a few people who were rude to me over the phone. I was trying to be nice to them and give them a list of stores but all i got was "that's too far" *click*

I do know the articles are unclear about things, they never were so I understand people's curiousity.

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Originally Posted by Dayanara

Went to another local BB that is not closing to use up my gift card and most coupons I had for the store. They actually has 30% off pre-viewed dvds/blu-rays so was nice for the ones I did not have coupons for. Spent the last 70 bucks from my gift card and am done with it now, yay!

I would have bought one of the pre-paid VISA/MC's long ago when I had 400 on my gift card but all the stores I tried at wouldn't let me, hit and miss it seems to be able to buy those with a gift card.

I feel bad for those losing their jobs, it really does suck. But I am happy with the deals I got.

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It's against company policy to use store credit to buy pre-paid credit cards. So if we tried we could lose our jobs

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Originally Posted by xbbx

I had just got off work and I had quite a few people who were rude to me over the phone. I was trying to be nice to them and give them a list of stores but all i got was "that's too far" *click*

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Yea people should NOT be rude, that is not right at all, you are just trying to help. Sorry people are giving you such a hard time :(

my fiance and I went this afternoon and we got a TON of great movies and TV series insanely cheap.

Its sad that they're closing, but the one by me here the guys are being transfered so they do get to keep their job, just move to a new location then they were at.

for 90$ we got

cars blu ray NEW
incredibles blu ray NEW
flight of the concords season 1 and 2
lost complete series
the office seasons 1-5
arrested development season 1-3
six feet under complete series
wii beatles rock band (game only)
a digital photo frame
6 bags of candy that I brought into work for everyone to eat
and 12 random movies that he wanted to get that I just couldnt say no to.

really a great deal!

they're even selling new releases off the shelf if they're in stock....pretty crazy morning there indeed. line up took about 15 minutes.

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Originally Posted by CalgarySaver

my fiance and I went this afternoon and we got a TON of great movies and TV series insanely cheap.

Its sad that they're closing, but the one by me here the guys are being transfered so they do get to keep their job, just move to a new location then they were at.

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I think BBV is probably lying to them & just using them till they liquidate their store ..there is no way they will be able to accomodate them at the other location .:sad:..maybe a couple of them will be transferred but most will be laid off :sad:

The only way they can do that is by cutting their hours & the hours of the existing staff @ the other location BIG TIME.

I've seen this happening at other stores when they close down ..technically they don't fire you ..but they barely give you any hours ..sometimes you go weeks & months without any hours ..this is especially true for part timers ..then you get frustarted & quit on your own :sad:

So glad I was on sc and read about BBV closing. We had about $145.00 credit on a card from when we turned in all those used dvd's. Well my store closest to me said I could not come there to use up my credit, I had to go to 1 of 3 other locations, I found that weird since the other 3 locations are also going to be closing.
We went straight away to Pickering store and managed to get 4 great Wii things.
We just paid the tax ( around $14.00) and got so much!

15 in 1 family pack of things like fishing rod, baseball bat, golf clubs, tennis rackets, etc ( $29.99)
Dance Dance revolution ( $39.99)
Wii Speak ( $19.99)
Mario Kart (? DD's choice ) ( $ 49.99)
To think my old dvd's were in the basement collecting dust and now it turned into this! Love it.
I am so sad however for the employees. They probably knew it was coming, but still does not make it any easier to swallow. Sorry guys who this affects.

Our store still has lots of bargins
We are at keele and Dundas
We are very organized so it is easy to look for stuff lots of blueray and kids dvd

I went to my location on Satuday at 11pm .. and you could tell that everything was picked through. However did snag some good bargains :) Only bad thing is that new realeases were sent to the locations that weren't closing. If you can't get what you want right now just wait until the stores that are still open go into their "clearance sales"

NONE of the BBV in my city are closing. Sounds like a lot of you got some great deals.

the deals were OK.... although not as great for new releases i got 2 .. Love And Other Drugs + No Strings Attached .. both had been rental copies and it came to $28

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Originally Posted by scadeau

I went to my location on Satuday at 11pm .. and you could tell that everything was picked through. However did snag some good bargains :) Only bad thing is that new realeases were sent to the locations that weren't closing. If you can't get what you want right now just wait until the stores that are still open go into their "clearance sales"

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That's what I am going to do. I have credit at one of the stores that is not closing and they have nothing good to buy. So I will wait for a while and hope things get cheaper there.