Rumor: CompUSA going out of business in January
By Ryan Block 
posted Dec 5th 2007 6:12PM
posted Dec 5th 2007 6:12PM
So we've heard enough banter about CompUSA being on its last legs and possibly shuttering completely after closing more than half the chain's stores earlier this year. Well, chalk this up to rumor (in fact, rumor with prejudice if you must), but we're privy to a high-level internal email competitor Best Buy recently circulated which claims to have it on authority (but not "verified") that CompUSA's holiday revenue is half what it was last year (which, as commenter Hans points out, might have to do with those store closures), store-restocking shipments are not being scheduled past February, and additional liquidators are being called in to help manage closure of the 103 remaining stores. Sure, it could be a sneaky misinformation campaign -- or it could be the truth. We gave CompUSA a ring, and their PR team has yet to respond to the claim; but for what it's worth, if we weren't already hearing this kind of thing elsewhere (or didn't believe it plausible) we wouldn't waste your time.
not surprising
Never cared much for the stores.
However, I do feel bad for all those employees who are about to lose their jobs...especially the ones with a mortgage / rent & children.
Those employees will just go out and get another job. This is America. There are still plenty of jobs to be found (although I don't know how well they pay). They can become Apple Geniuses or concierges. Plenty of Apple stores opening up.
Not a good sign when the PR folks don't call back to deny a rumor of total closure.
See you CU.
@ Constable Odo:
damn, that's utter bullshit! how old are you? 12???
compUSSR has finally fallen...those commie bastards got coming to them!
@blackster
It is not bull#%$*. Creative destruction is a part of the economy. If CompUSA is going under it is because it was doing poorly, and other stores were doing better. Other stores will pick up the slack, or new stores will open up that will drive growth and ultimately create more employment opportunities.
@Mickey
Thats sounds good in theory but in the meantime while those other stores are opening those employees stand a good chance of going bankrupt while waiting for the new growth you talk about.
Phreak said "especially the ones with a mortgage / rent & children."
Why are they more deserving of your sympathy?
They made their choices, just like everyone else.
Should people with kids be given preference when hiring? Maybe the govt should pass a law requiring this? Maybe if you have illegitimate kids, you go to the top of the list?
Please remember the familys involved. These employees are good people and hard workers. Some of you dont seem to realize a sudden move like this could bankrupt them and there familys. My family is right in the middle of this mess, my husband has worked for the company for many years. We have 2 very small children and should not have to worry about this during this special time of year.
Instead of making smart a** comments why dont you think about the fact that Santa may not be able to visit alot of innocent children whole parents are involved.
its about time, they've been circling the drain for years. Won't miss them even one little bit.
Fluuuuush. Whew! That one was backed up pretty bad!
You know at SOME point in your naive life you favoured CompUSA over ComputerCity ... This is for the people that can remember that far back.
Oh... well here's to not being ripped off and discovering NewEgg + online retailers.
I do remember computer city and preferred them whole-heartily over compusa or best buy. I can still go to tiger direct, fry's, or any number of small ma & pa shops so this news really doesn't affect me in the least, glad to see them go away.
compusa was awesome. I got the best deals there and they sold me one of their display mac mini's for 350 bucks. But I laready knew this was to come. My local compusa store and numerous others in illinois have closed.
Next up Radioshack!
RadioShack is imune to the Reaper. That little store has more lives than all the cats in this country. Didn't you read that Onion article not too long ago where not even the CEO knows what keeps them in the black? http://www.theonion.com/content/news/even_ceo_cant_figure_out_how
What keeps Radio Shack alive is they charge $4 for a 10 cent 1/4"-to-mini adapter.
C'mon, we've all bought at least three there this year.
Come on, admit it now. You all fell for that curious feeling that drew you to the menagerie that this store represents. Kind of like a garage sale of stuff you can imagine yourself needing/using but really don't if end up buying. Where else would you find closeups of wall projected alarm clocks? I bet you all have that dark secret where you shamefully purchased from RS and are thus one of the feeders of this $4.5billion machine.
I just bought a Motorola H700 Bluetooth headset from them for $49 a couple of days ago. I saw this same headset being sold for as little as $69 and as high as $99. That's a bargain in my book. True, I could've bought it for maybe $10 to $15 less online but how was I to know that the H700 being sold for a fraction of what brick and mortar retailers charge is not a counterfit? At least if I have any doubts or problems RS will gladly take it back. I hate buying stuff online and then having to deal with the return or exchange process plus having to wait for shipments.
Another item I bought from RS was a Wowee Roboreptile for $25. This same item was being sold for around $79 in other places like Toys 'R Us, etc.
I'm not going to claim RS is the best out there but they do offer good deals now and then. There's also at least an RS in just about every town in the US. Chances are there is one RS near you. The same can't be said about Micro Center or BB/CC.
What keeps us afloat at Radioshack is all the wireless, parts, RC toys, and batteries, as well as cables.
Plus all the people Best Buy sends to us either by saying they dont have a certain item, or just chasing them away.
What keeps us afloat at Radioshack is all the wireless, parts, RC toys, and batteries, as well as cables.
Plus all the people Best Buy sends to us either by saying they dont have a certain item, or just chasing them away.
Mmm.
Credit to RS... While they are expensive for a lot of things, they are a decent place when you need the basic stuff:
-Cables
-Adapters
-Power strips
I went to Target the other week, when I needed a power cable for my computer. They had power strips; loads of them. No power cables, though. Best Buy wanted over $10 for a cable. RS had one for $3.
RS wins my custom.
The few in our area closed already, and it's a bummer as I'm running out of places to get components on the fly (I.E. NOT Mail order)
This may or may not be true. But here is a comment. If you close half your stores and nothing changes, the expected outcome is that your holiday revenue would be half of what is was - Well Duh!
Yes, it might be. But it will likely move them closer to black than deeper into red for opperating during the month of December.
If it is half, that's actually a really big problem. CompUSA most likely closed it's worst performing stores. If you drop your bottom 50% and the remaining "strong" half can only perform at 50% of last year's total, that's bad news any way you look at it.
Ethan Pew:
It's bad news, yeah, but shouldn't have been unexpected. 50% of stores is a lot of stores to close. They've probably just succeeded in removing themselves from the national consciousness. They also got a lot of press for that move, and no doubt a lot of people just assume that their local store is probably closed even if it isn't - after all, there's a 50% chance of it. It's not like CompUSA was ever the kind of store you'd seek out - you went there if you happened to pass by or they sent you a circular with some good deals.
So they've lost all the revenue from the closed stores and probably 20% or so from the remaining stores, which doesn't sound unreasonably high to me. And they should have seen it coming.
Closing 50% of your stores is never a smart move. It's a signal to consumers that your company is in serious trouble (and thus will likely not be around for support, returns, etc.), it takes half of your marketing possibilities away, and half of your buying power (meaning prices will be higher).
Bottom line is once you reach the size CompUSA is/was, you're either in business or you aren't. There's no cutting back by 50%. A few stores here and there? Sure. But cut back half your business and even if it's the "weak" half, you'll be lucky if you *only* lose half your sales.
I smiled when I saw this story.
I worked there for two weeks. Their constant pressuring for us to sell extended warrantees to squeeze hundreds of dollars out of people that don't need them caused me to quit.
Ha, I used to work at Target. Would you like to buy an extended service plan? How about saving 10% and opening a Target Card?
Barf... I felt like a dirty man after saying that day in and day out.
Same goes for working at Best Buy and Circuit City...the Best Buy store I worked at had an average turnover of almost the entire staff close to yearly cause of all the pressure and BS the employees had to put up with.
I don't know, I like the Borders Reward card; as you said, it doesn't cost anything, and I've saved a bundle with the 25% and 30% off coupons you get every couple of weeks; and just saved $92 using a 40% off DVD boxset coupon. It's one of the few things that's been "pushed" on me that I've found to be pretty beneficial.
Businessweek: Most profit at BB and CC comes from Extended Warranty;
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_51/b3913110_mz020.htm
I can understand them closing shop.The warantees was not honored.
A lot of these stores are being caught by the price squeeze caused by Costco, Walmart, and even online sellers. Buyers will go to the stores to browse the merchandise, perhaps get advice from the sales clerk (if they can find one that knows anything about the products)/ Then after they decide on what to buy, they either go home and buy the cheapest one they can find online, or go to Costco or Walmart if they think the prices are cheaper there. Since the other store has already provided the floor samples and sales clerks, they don't need to see the products or get help when they actually buy - they only need to find the lowest price.
A couple of decades ago, Sears was the best place to buy tools. Not only did most of the tools come with lifetime warranties, but the sales clerks there made a decent career working at the store, and knew the products inside and out, and could answer just about any question. Sadly, that's no longer the case, as most of the sales clerks there are now temporary part-timers with no benefits.
But I had fun when I bought a tool there last year. The cashier, obviously either still in high school or having graduated shortly therafter, automatically went into the "and would you like to purchase the extended warranty with that?" spiel. In reply I simply asked her what was the difference between the extended warranty and the return policy of the store, or the manufacturer's warranty, for that matter. The poor gal gave me a "deer in the headlights" look, and started rummaging around for something which might explain it, eventually trying to read the back of the box the tool came in. She ultimately admitted "I really don't know, but I know the extended warranty is really, really, good, and you should buy one!" The old-timer behind me in line nearly burst a gut laughing, he obviously didn't mind the delay in getting his purchase rang up considering the entertaiment he was receiving, free of charge.
I like compUSA.. wait, rephrase: I like CompUSA more than I like Best Buy or Circuit City.
Besides, don't they sell Apple product? They should be rolling in it, right? ;-)
You idiot everyone knows you buy your apple products at the apple store DUR
...or online =)
I jk I jk
What in the hell? I was just starting to like CompUSA over here in Texas.
They seem like a respectable store as opposed to Best Buy or Circuit City. Even the staff is friendlier than either place. This is stupid!
The CompUSA near me (Mt. Laurel, NJ) is so dirty it's not even funny. I feel like I might be sexual prey in there just cause the store is so dark. If it's closes, so sad, pft.
Apple products are also sold at Best Buy - but still, I'd never get 'em anywhere else but the Apple store cause of my edu discount.
Margin on Apple products is crap (like $30 on an iMac crap). It's only there to get people in the store to buy accessories. Even Applecare is only 20% margin (compared to 60-80% on the TAP service plans, and no I have no idea how exactly they figured out the 'cost' on those). I worked there for 2 years, and I generally enjoyed it. I got to play with new gadgets all the time and it was decent pay for a job in college. Yes, I'm evil and dirty for conning people into service plans. And yes, sadly, I was usually the most knowledgable person about anything in the store, even the A+ techs asked me questions from time to time.
Thank God for small miracles.
Liquidation Sales FTW!!!!!!!!!!
not till after christmas i'll bet.
Even if this is not immediately accurate it will definitely happen soon. When they announced they were closing all of their Columbus, OH stores last year they were actually servicing my laptop and refused to finish what they started. CompUSA gave it back to me with the bottom RAM cover off and the package of the RAM I had purchased back and torn open. That was the last time I ever took advantage of a free install offer ever. Especially with the RAM, I must have felt quite lazy that day.
Bye, bye, CompUSA! Now, when's BestBuy going out of business?
Seriously, I don't know how BestBuy is doing so well when their prices are, for the most part, very high?
I go to BestBuy to browse products I want, then buy from a major online retailer for cheaper and no tax.
BestBuy isn't going out of business because it has great variety and decent (NOT great) prices.
When I go to BestBuy, I end up buying stuff, because they have something, somewhere in the store, that I want at a decent price.
The last time I went to CompUSA, I nearly ran out of the store, I was so traumatized by their price tags.
You are not the type of customer that BestBuy relies on to keep them in business. You are the type of customer the influence of which, if not offset by the thousands more who aren't quite so savvy, would put BestBuy out of business. Fortunately for BestBuy, customers like you will never comprise more than a tiny sliver of their total revenue pie.
Isn't this how everyone shops? I do this all the time - find something I like, go in to a box retailer to check out the look-and-feel, then go back home, jump online, and buy it from the cheapest, most respectable place? Do it all the time!
I find that often I need to find something at a brick & mortar store because I need it immediately or within a few days and can't rely on it to arrive from an online place fast enough (I also have a really unreliable way of receiving packages at home, and usually don't have a job that allows me to have them shipped to work). I know I can get stuff cheaper online, but a lot of times I'm either replacing something that's broken that I need NOW, or I'm buying something that I need to complete a specific project on a tight schedule. So I'm sad to see the selection of computer stores getting smaller and smaller.
i never found myself shopping there much, but i do like to see competition amongst the big electronics retailers. Now its just down to CCity vs. Best Buy.
I totally agree. Just because you don't shop there people have to admit that competition is almost ALWAYS good for the consumer. Especially when you can get different stores, which may be closer or more convienient to price match some ad by the others. And yes, I tend to order most of my electronics online, but it's always good to have a brick and mortar store nearby for those times when you just have to have something "right here and right now".
I had no idea that CompUSA was going out of business... and to think I just went to the one on Fifth Avenue the other day, and it seemed pretty full...
The only time I ever shopped at CompUSA is when they were having their store closing sales. At the end it was 70% off of EVERYTHING, which included Hard drives, graphics cards, sound cards etc. I nearly cried with joy.
Wow, I worked there for years at store and then at corporate, and I'm not shocked. I'm a little sad though. :( They have never run their business very well, and have been trying be Best Buy, and Circuit City for years.
Amen. As a previous employee myself, I'm kind of sad to hear this news. Although I can't say I'm surprised either.
I guess Gates gets to keep Slim as #2 now.
If anything, Slim will probably become even richer. CompUSA has been a money pit for a while now and he would keep putting more in it trying to keep it from floundering. I still think it was just a money laundering company for him because when I worked there, corporate couldn't of been more inept and they had no problem keeping it that way.
Not surprising if it's true. I hate shopping there because I feel like they are treating me like a criminal with some of their policies. Customers deserve to be treated with respect (they are, after all, the reason you are around in the first place) and I never got that with any salesperson at CUSA. And every time I go in hoping to find good quality hardware, they don't have anything; just the cheap stuff that isn't worth owning. I pretty much gave up on them several years ago.
"Customers deserve to be treated with respect"
You obviously haven't met the customers that shop at CompUSA
Hahaha. It doesn't suprise me. I worked at CompUSA for the final 6 months of the store's existance. Basically, they stop restocking things like GPS, PDAs and digital cameras. Then you'll know they are going down the tubes. In order to get the best deals at a liquidation, get to the stores when they open up when the % off changes. Usually, you'll see employees making tags the night before. There was nothing really worth buying after the store went past 50% off, and the computers, mp3 players and other expensive stuff never went past 20% off- and that was only on the last day.
I enjoyed working there, but it was a crappy, crappy company with a lot of internal problems.
Not a shock at all, they had closed all their stores within 50 miles of Fry's stores last year. They destroyed the Good Guys chain and ran that into the ground after they purchased it. Sad to see people lose their jobs and a compan disapear, but heck they were not even an American Comp years ago they were purchased by a Mexican corporation if I recall. Well, good luck to those of you that get to the "going out of business sale."
As much as people say they suck, they often had FAR better selection/prices/deals going than Best Buy or any other brick and mortar computer store in our area (besides the one Microcenter we have in Boston, which rocks). Many a time the local CompUSA came to the rescue when I didn't have the time to order something online.
Sadly, every time I go into Best Buy (or other super chain) their computer section gets smaller and smaller while the rest of the store balloons. As great as buying stuff online is, there are occasions where you need a computer part fast, and most of the big retailers today can't seem to supply that.
I would say this rumor is going to come true. CompUSA closed all the stores in my area (as well as the rest of MA, and a few other states).
Man, I thought they went out of business years ago.
GOOD RIDDANCE.
I made the mistake of buying a DS and extended warranty at my local CompUSA. Then it closed with all the other ones, so I had to drive 1 1/2 hours with my broken DS to the next closer store a few weeks ago to use the warranty I bought. Boy am I glad I did.
If you saw either of these two stores (Amherst and Rochester), you'd understand why they suck so damn much.
I think what kill CompUSA is their return policy. I used buy most of stuff from them. When start charge restocking fee for returns. That is my last time I ever buy anything from them. I endup shop most electronics from Fry's Electronics.
i noticed that the one here in San Francisco was emptying out and moving stuff. I though they went out of business but then went there a week ago. They def have less stock on the shelves.
So we have Best Buy reporting that CompUSA is going out of business... hmm.. wonder if that might steer customers to... I dunno Best Buy? Seriously guys, CompUSA is in serious financial turmoil, it has been for years, but posting a story that the biggest electronics retailer in the country is saying their competitor might be going out of business (true or not) is just plain dumb.
The business model of Best Buy, CompUSA, and Circuit City revolve around three key points; (1) sell store warranties/replacement plans on products that have low margin, which brings the customer back to the store in the future, and brings in extra cash for the store at time of purchase, (2) sell services such as on-site service, repair service, and installation, and (3) sell high margin accessories, with the main item the customer is coming in for. All 3 retailers run on the same strategy. This being said, a competitor reporting that CompUSA is closing up shop after the holidays kills all/most chance that a customer is going to shop there, and pay for the services and/or warranties that provide 2/3 of the business model moola, not only that, but pulls that business elsewhere... whether to Best Buy or otherwise....
I call bunk. Even if it isn't... why report this when it's practically being pulled out of thin air... no sources, nothing.
Whatever... what a waste of time.
I worked at CompUSA for a year back in 2000 and I wouldn't be surprised if this news is true. I remember the GM talking about all the hits that the store as a whole was taking and how profits were lower from years past. That store is wonky, but like others have expressed, competition is good for the consumer. As for my experience working there, I associate that time with some of my darker days.
Selling the warranty is the only thing that keeps that place aflot. Or the high paid jackasses that run the place ie DM's and GM's. The main issue with comp is that it never took care of the employees therefore their employees never took care of comps customers. It is a plain and simple business model. You have these arm chaired managers who rather be reactive then proactive in many issues. Good riddance, the new problem at hand is when theses guys leave some will be hired by Best or Circuit and the mentality will further infect these places. It will start the cycle all over again.
One thought: Best Buy has always put out rumors about its competitors going out of business. I worked at Circuit City for three years (selling computers - college job) and I always had people saying "I heard you guys were going out of business". Inevitably most of these people had just left the Best Buy across the street.
I was near two CompUSA stores that closed last years. Ironically, even with "going out of business" prices...the competitors where still cheaper. It wasn't until it got to 70-80% and most of the good stuff was gone that it actually got worth considering buying anything.
am i the only one that finds this sad?
the less competition there is out there the higher the prices for components. i've bought some cheap stuff from them but very little else. however, having them around keeps the cc (next on the chopping block?), best buy, fry's, and the never going to close radio shacks on the up and up.
office depot and staples are a different market place. and oh how their prices reflect that!
[i feel i must admit that i worked for incredible universe (radio shack) before it turned into a fry's. ... so i could be a bit biased though.]
newegg ... maybe you should start thinking about having some small brick and mortar stores with just in time inventory pickups and returns?
I worked there for almost two years, it was awful, having to sell dumb warranties, putting up with managers playing favorites. And i can defiantly vouch for the turnover, i think over 300 people went through the store i worked at in the 2 years i was there. Hell i was there when they took away our commission and slowly took away all of the spiffs on products, i imagine they eventually took away all of the spiffs. Many times they forced me to give up my sales to the business sales people because they had better margin or some other BS. Anyhoo i cant wait for the SF store to go down so i can get me some hard drives or somethin =D
I'm not surprised, their prices were usually higher than Circuit City, Best Buy, and especially Microcenter, but if you close half your stores your money will go down no doubt about it. As for credit cards, all kinds of stores bother me about that, I had a woman at Toys R Us asking me 5 times if I want the card after I said no, I hate how so many stores work on commission it just makes retail a pain.
I could care less BUT I would like a nice going out of business sale.
Just think about it, hard drives, flash memory, monitors, speakers and about everything else your heart could desire at 75% off! I would LOVE it!
As a former RadioShack employee I can tell you this, that store will never die. People came to us because they just didn't know where else to go to get actual help in buying tech stuff. My store still has everyone who worked there form the first day I was hired to the day I left for college. It may just be my store but I think it is somehow miraculously a healthy business model.
There is nothing at CompUSA that you can't find cheaper online. I've found that the people that work there are particularly uninformed and really, really, really could care less about what they do for a living, especially in the Mac dept.
thank you jesus. i will now build several churches in your honor.
CompUSA... it's the kind of store that makes pc users look like the pc guy in apple's commercials. Low quality, non-name brand product, high prices, dissident workers, and zero tech knowledge. It's stores like these that make me buy everything online.
You can't find quality pc products in a retail store anymore.
Probably not a good idea to get CompUSA gift cards for Christmas, then.
Got my Tv from them I'm still paying off (3 years same as cash), wish that would zero after they go down ha
Well, you might wanna be careful on that... Pray they sell the contract to someone, as if you read your contract, they probably have a clause that they can make the whole amount immediately due.
That would suck, got quite a bit still but we could swing it, just be hard... Be nice to get it out of the way anyhow. Now guessing they will not honor the 3 year service contract as well.
It's sad to see another electronics retailer go. However, they could never compete with Microcenter for DYI computers, in either price or selection. (Is Microcenter nationwide?) Microcenter even matches CPU prices with online stores... that's crazy.
I haven't seen a Microcenter...we (texas) have Fry's, I think they're basically the same thing though
"Zach @ Dec 5th 2007 8:09PM
Hello, despite this is Seattle's Best Cafe, not Borders - would you like to get a Borders Rewards card? They're free and all I need is an email. What does it do? Well... pretty much nothing! Will you save money off todays purchase? Uh... well, no. Why should you get one? Because If I don't keep my percentage above 54%, my manager is going to have sexual intercourse with my teenage asshole.
Ahh, I'm so glad I'm done retail in 3 more days!"
Zach, have you thought about standup or writing? That was frackin' HILLARIOUS about what will happen to you if you don't keep your percentage above 54!!!!!!!! lol lol lol
Remember the Good Guy stores? LOL!
CompUSA fell into the same trap I feel Microcenter is walking right into, diversification.
Once they started selling TVs, DVD players, and other CE devices they were doomed. They dedicated a lot of shelf space to items that had a slow turnaround. CompUSA was never going to compete with Best Buy and Circuit City, however they could best them on computers and software. Instead they raised prices on computers to make up for the losses they sustained from selling TVs.
I worked at MicroCenter for 4 years but I quit after they changed around the commission system. MicroCenter was a great store because they paid their employees very well and it was on a scaled system. I made $20 an hour selling peripherals but then they took printers, digital cameras, cables, and memory cards out of my department. I only got commissions for selling motherboards, hard drives, video cards, monitors, and ram. My pay dropped to $8 an hour. Some bean counter probably thought that was great because it was still better than you could get at Best Buy so I should've been happy, sorry no.
MicroCenter is a national chain but they only have 27 stores. The thing is that they are still a private company so they don't have to worry about the growth targets of public companies, as long as they make money they are in business.
Hey everyone. I just spoke with a friend of mine who works at a CompUSA. I can't say which store as I don't want to get him in trouble. He says all the workers know that they will be fired after the holidays. He says they closed even more stores that what is stated here. Its funny, i was reading engadget like always, he was sitting next to me, and when i got to this, i just had to show him. But yea... he says they are going down soon as well.
Big Box Electronics Retail, like the Dinosaur and Travel Agents needs to fall victim to an evolving environment. The very essence of the technology industry negates the need for anybody with a building and a bunch of sub-triple-digit-IQ employees to sell products. If you want something, whip out the credit card and fire up google. Any decision information is easily obtained on line and hey, if it isn't right just return it.
It's about time. This is what they deserve for trying to charge so much more for the same exact products as their competitors (Best Buy and Circuit City). Even with the liquidation sale that closed down our Totowa, NJ store, their prices were still significantly higher. It was ridiculous.
In my suburb of Denver we have CompUSA, Circuit City, and BestBuy all within 100 feet of each other. I used to do the CompUSA thing a lot when they carried stuff for home builders(modders). Now it's just a PDA store. Our Circuit City is so high priced it should have a cover charge. This year was $5K to the Geek Squad for Christnas with a gPC from Walmart for me.
everytime i went to one in fairlawn oh the sales person either wanted me buy a mac or why bother
plus you can never find prices on stuff
i guess if you have ask you cant afford it
i will miss them though if i go in to get something on sale its usually there the only store with as much as they had in computer stuff around here w/o going to bestbuy and their high prices and sales dont know anything about computers and printers just to sell them
Sweet!! I'll be so glad to see them go out of business after the run around they gave me with a defective TV I bought from the Frisco TX store. If this turns out to be true, I'll have to stop in there and say "HA HA". :D
I was kinda sad to see three local CompUSA's dissapear, there are computer based software and hardware that you just can't easily get without going online. That said, I really hated the way they failed to mark so many items with a price...or place large groups of product in the incorrect location (and always looking as though it was cheaper).
It was probably the death knell when they tried to get too 'home theatre' oriented.
PETER TEIMAN FRANKLIN here,
I wonder who will fill the void left by comp usa?
PETER TEIMAN FRANKLIN
PETER TEIMAN FRANKLIN here
Is it possible that Comp USA could become a conduit for Apple?
PETER TEIMAN FRANKLIN
Sweden.
I worked for them when they were still called SoftWarehouse, they had some interesting plans back in '91. But I had problems with the internal politics... I left them and went to Computer City... well they went down the tubes, didn't they....
NewEgg, they used to be brick and morter, as Egghead Computers, they added an on-line outlet, and then the stores closed.
The two CompUSA's near me closed and all I can say for the rest of them is "good bye".
@ The Steven,
I still have an Egghead Software branded 5.25" floppy disk notcher lying around somewhere. :)
PETER TEIMAN FRANKLIN here,
It has always surprised me how Bose has never revealed the attenuation figures for their sound isolation earmuffs.
PETER TEIMAN FRANKLIN
Sweden
You know I work at a CompUSA, and we try really hard to differentiate ourselves from the other Big-Box retailers by actually knowing what we are talking about.
Also, if you know things are cheaper online stop being a dumbass, buy them online and stop bitching about retail prices. The margin is to stop us from going out of business.