What happens to "end of life" electronic merchandise on retail stores' shelves once they've gone obsolete?

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What happens to all the discontinued or devalued electronic merchandise in retail stores like Best Buy, Circuit City and other small "factory outlet" style stores when said merchandise can no longer realistically be sold? Take the example of USB Flash drives. A new 16MB flash drive can still work, but since the technology has increased greatly over time, stores only offer the lastest and greatest items (say, for example, a flash drive with capacity of 256MB and much, much more). The same could be said for hard drives, very early digital cameras, and other digital products which are constantly being improved. 

Stores just don't have the space to pile up devalued and discontinued merchandise, so, what happens to it all? Does the life cycle of these products vary from item to item? In short, where do these antiquated products end up?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

We mark down the price to something like 99 cents and someone will usually buy it then.

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mrfairladyz · Answer

they all get sold. back when 16mb sticks were hot, 4gb sticks didnt pop out of nowhere. they stopped producing 16mb and sold watever was left while introducing 32mb.

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What happens to "end of life" electronic merchandise on retail stores' shelves once they've gone obsolete?

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