[Discussion] Goodbye Local CompUSA Stores

[altownsend at dccnet.com]

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 02:56 PM

Here in BC, Staples is as good as anyone for pricing and service

Regards Al



In <auto-000001182226 at 2rosenthals.com>, on 05/15/2007 
   at 05:48 PM, "Carl Gehr" <Carl.Gehr at MCGCG.Com> said:



>On Tue, 15 May 2007 14:28:57 -0700 (PDT), Thomas Clayton wrote:

>>Dear POSSI:
>>
>>As I said in my reply about wireless NICs and I 've decided this
>>deserves a seperate letter:
>>
>>I was able to get to my local CompUSA this past weekend - ONLY to find
>>out that ALL the local stores have closed! I was checking on WHY I
>>hadn't seen ANY of their ad.s in the Chicago Tribune for weeks. The gal
>>at the store nect door said that they had been having clearance sales
>>FOR weeks and "just" locked up the odoors the prior week!
>>:-(   Oh well 

>While I hate to see any company fail, my experience with CompUSA makes it
>no surprise that they are having problems.

>IBM tried to use them as their Employee Sales outlet many years ago.  I
>think that lasted less than a year, because they could not even fill an
>on-line order correctly and promptly.  In that case, it was preferable
>[for me, at least] to may more and be sure I would get what I wanted and
>something that would work.

>In recent years, I have found MicroCenter personnel more helpful and
>knowledgable and even Best Buy or Office Depot [when they have a retired
>IT person working there] are usually better alternatives.  I gave up on
>CompUSA several years ago.  I guess I was not alone.

>Carl

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