Big names, bigger sales!
A new discount store in the Bay Area sells luxury items, including appliances, electronics and toys, and returned Amazon packages at discount prices to satisfied customers.
Marini’s Discounts, located in Concord, opened in January and prides itself on selling anything at bargain prices. Buyers have introduced new AirPods, Xbox, PS5, Apple Pencils and professional cameras.
In a video, published in the store instagram page, In the middle of the store were rows of huge containers, filled with almost any item anyone could imagine.
A satisfied customer once walked away with a new Xbox and said the store “works great.”
‘Thank you all. Everyone who reads this. These guys are legit. “Good service,” said the satisfied customer.
Marini’s Discounts, located in Concord, California, opened its doors in January and prides itself on selling anything at bargain prices.
Hidden among everyday items, shoppers have discovered high-end, luxury electronics at low prices.
A stack with an Xbox console, a PS5, numerous games, controllers, headphones, Apple pencils and AirPods was displayed in the bargain store.
Last year, Americans returned $734 billion worth of merchandise, according to the National Retail Federation. Many items can be returned to shelves, but others cannot. In fact, in 2022 more than 6 billion pounds of bulk products from retailers ended up in landfills, according to CNBC.
That’s where stores like Marini’s come into play. Instead of sending items to landfills, companies will sell them to third-party liquidation companies. Companies have no guarantee on what they buy, but sometimes they find a treasure trove of goods.
It’s similar to buying an abandoned storage locker at an auction and finding expensive goods inside, or a bunch of worthless items.
Clearance stores can then resell the items at any price they choose.
Marini’s opened this year near San Francisco and has been offering numerous products in its store. The store also posts online videos of its huge, if messy, collection of products.
In one clip, expensive, packaged electronics such as Beats Solo headphones, an iPad, an Apple phone case, a Canon Rebel T7, an Xbox controller and headphones, and three pairs of AirPods are seen in a glass display case.
The camera sold for $450 for the “full set,” while the AirPods sold for just $100.
The camera has a retail value of more than $500, while the AirPods typically sell for more than $200.
In another image, a stack was displayed with an Xbox console, a PS5, numerous games, controllers, headphones, Apple pencils and AirPods.
One photo showed several microwaves and air fryers stacked high on shelves, along with different brands of vacuum cleaners and coffee makers.
Other videos showed returned items from Target and Walmart that were once opened and returned to major retailers and now on sale at the discount store.
Item prices vary as the store has “crazy” daily deals that change every day of the week.
On Saturdays, certain items are $11, Sundays are $9, Mondays are $7, Tuesdays are $5, Wednesdays are $3, Thursdays are $2, and Fridays are some items are just $1. None of the items can be returned or exchanged.
While some shoppers visit the bargain store to shop for themselves and their loved ones, others use it as an opportunity to score high-priced items at low prices with plans to resell them on their own.
Inside the massive warehouse, shoppers can find clothing, appliances, toys, electronics, beauty products and more, all at a discounted price.
While some shoppers visit the bargain store to shop for themselves and their loved ones, others use it as an opportunity to score expensive and cheap items with plans to resell them on their own.
When these buyers buy, they tend to look at the full price of the items and decide if they are worth purchasing and reselling on their own.
Sometimes the store posts its highest-priced items, such as electronics, on its social media pages so shoppers know they are hidden beneath piles of other returns.
For bargain hunters, it turns the whole experience into a treasure hunt, as customers were seen lining up outside the store hoping to get their hands on the good finds.