Meriden Borders Closing Sale Begins Friday

Information from the federal Bankruptcy Court shows that Borders Group will begin the book store's going-out-of-business sales in Meriden and its two other remaining stores in Connecticut on Friday. The liquidation will end by Sept. 30, according to the state Attorney General's office. The Meriden location is in the 

Borders gift cards will be accepted in retail stores and online during the closing sales. Borders Rewards Plus Loyalty Program discounts will be honored in retail stores and online, for the first 14 days of the closing sales, according to Attorney General George Jepsen.

Items purchased prior to the closing sales may be returned with an original store register receipt, Jepsen wrote in a release. Those returns are also subject to the store’s return and price-adjustment policy in effect on the purchase date.

During the closing sales, all items are being offered “as is” and all sales are final.

"I’m sorry that Borders could not find a buyer, which made it necessary to close its remaining stores,” Jepsen said. “My office will be monitoring the sales to make sure the interests of Connecticut consumers are protected.”

Jepsen urged consumers to use their outstanding gift cards as soon as possible.

The closing sales will be held in Borders stores in Meriden, Waterford and Farmington as well as Borders Express outlets in Westfarms Mall in Farmington, Crystal Mall in Waterford, Eastbrook Mall in Willimantic and Waldenbooks in Westfield Mall in Trumbull.

The company has already closed eight Connecticut stores in Danbury, Fairfield, Manchester, Milford, Simsbury, Southbury, Stamford and Wilton.

Customers with unresolved complaints may contact the Office’s consumer protection unit at 860-808-5400.