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Is Office Depot taking care of business by screwing over customers?

by Tim Stevens, posted Mar 18th 2009 at 7:42AM

For better or worse, Circuit City has gone to that great big box in the sky, and, while we hate to see competition disappear in the retail world, we have a pretty good idea of which shop we might like to see go next. Office Depot has been the victim of various allegations lately, and Laptop Magazine has managed to get confirmation from numerous sales associates that those allegations about its staff are true, including lying about stock to prevent customers from buying machines without paying extra for extended warranties, and using Photoshop to raise laptop price tags by $100 so that those extended warranties are unavoidable. These and other shady dealings don't seem to be exactly supported by the company, as Office Depot issued an internal memo telling its sales force to cut it out, but with confirmations from around the country it sounds like this was standard operating procedure. Discouraging, really -- if we were looking for that kind of dishonesty we'd just buy all our gear on eBay.

[Via Switched]

Gateway's LT1004U netbook lands domestically, at Office Depot of all places

by Tim Stevens, posted Jan 13th 2009 at 9:48AM

Gateway's netbook lands domestically at Office Depot of all places

We can't get up for a nice cuppa these days without tripping over some new netbook, but still every now and again one offers styling that catches our eye. Such was the case with Packard Bell's "dot," an Aspire One rebadge with a striking red metallic hinge but otherwise familiar internals. It later appeared as a Gateway in Singapore, and reader APowe emailed to say he'd seen one prowling the aisles at a local Office Depot. We were incredulous, but he drove back to get proof and was kind enough to pass the resulting pics along. Gateway is calling this the LT1004U domestically; it has the standard netbook specs you've come to love (9-inch screen, Atom 270, 160GB drive, 1GB RAM, Win XP) and is selling for a quite competitive $379. This particular one was spotted in Redmond, WA, but maybe you'll be lucky enough to find one near you.

[Thanks, APowe]

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Office Depot closing 112 stores

by Laura June, posted Dec 10th 2008 at 12:23PM

Office Depot's jumped on the "get outta town quick" train and announced it'll close 112 of its "underperforming" stores over the course of the next three months. The closures will amount to roughly nine percent of the OD's locations, and the company will also close six out of its 33 North American distribution facilities. All of this falls under the banner of cutting back costs, of course, in response the economy's woes and "no profits."

[Via TG Daily]

Thieves rob Best Buy blind

by Joshua Topolsky, posted Jun 22nd 2007 at 9:21AM

A diabolical ring of super-thieves has been terrorizing the good people of Tulsa, OK., by conducting elaborate burglaries of stores like Best Buy and Office Depot. In their most recent exploit, the robbers cut two holes in the roof of a Best Buy, rappelled into the store, disabled the alarm system, and then stole more than 40 laptops, a number of plasma TVs and the store's safe. A local crime reporter claims they "leave behind no fingerprints, no witnesses and no surveillance tapes". They also reportedly have super-human strength, psionic powers, and can all fly at nearly supersonic speeds.