Best Buy-bye: Retailer bids farewell to the UK with blowout sale

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/11/best.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/27/best-buy-bye-retailer-bids-farewell-to-the-uk-with-blowout-sale/)While Americans plow through their cash and cards, lapping up the litany of Black Friday (http://www.engadget.com/2011/engadgets-black-friday-2011-roundup/) specials -- and readying themselves for the inevitable Cyber Monday second wave -- it looks like our trans-Atlantic cousins will also get a taste of discount joy. After a brief 18-month stint, Best Buy UK is packing its bags (http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/07/best-buy-to-close-uk-operations-1-100-jobs-in-jeopardy/), and it wants to travel light. Both the online and physical stores will see prices snipped by between 10 and 30 percent, though we don't know whether this will extend to Best Buy's full product line or simply less desirable devices. Either way, the brick-and-mortar stores have been closed over the weekend in preparation. Bargain-hunting Brits should be able to grab some some cut-price Christmas treats when the eleven stores reopen on Monday.

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