CompUSA might be gone by next year

[Excelsior]

Look at Office MAX compared to Office Depot, OFMX is garbage compared to them.

Aww, thanks.

<---- OD employee, and I can't wait to get out of there.

Nah, its alright...

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Nobody should be happy about this. Less choices, less competition = bad for consumers.

Their BF deals were good this year too; $450 17" HP laptop was sweet. And their eRebate system is as bulletproof as Staples Easy Rebates.

Great rebate system. I just got a bunch of FAR items and submitting the eRebates was a breeze.

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: fire400
dude, it's 'cuz they keep thinking AMD was going to outsell Intel with the X2's, so they picked up a bunch of X2 stuff.. and then the core2 hit, and it was too late

j/k

I don't know man. if you want facts, wait it out, see how their stocks do find more insider news. everyday you hear about companies going through stuff like this. it's called SMP500, most richest and poorest of the top 500.

it's not sad either in corporate america. some companies struggle to stay in the top 500, but then get bumped out and others in the 1,000 last half make their way into the top 500 box. all in all, I think if they did things a little more like Best Buy, not that Best Buy is perfect or anything, CompUSA would turn out pretty good. The name alone is a very good name, as far as titles go. But it's how the CEO and the top boards run it. If they're just sittin' on their asses and not visiting the stores and being aggressive enough, yeah, they're gonna get what's comin' - eatin' out of old cereal boxes. Look at Office MAX compared to Office Depot, OFMX is garbage compared to them.

I don't know what the hell I'm gettin' at, but I need to play some Starkrak.

S. and. P. Five. Hundred.

Standard and Poor's

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Nobody should be happy about this. Less choices, less competition = bad for consumers.

Their BF deals were good this year too; $450 17" HP laptop was sweet. And their eRebate system is as bulletproof as Staples Easy Rebates.

That's the thing though. CompUSA is closing down because more choices and more competition hit the market and they couldn't keep up with the competitors.

 

[ChaoZ]

If they didn't treat everyone like a bunch of thieves they might have done better.

 

[Thegonagle]

Once the Micro Center opened, it was pretty much over for the four or five CompUSA stores around. They closed all of them last year, I think.

 

[bdude]

CompUSA, how I shall miss thee

 

[Freejack2]

Compusa was great if we needed something in a hurry, there are no computer superstores here besides Compusa and far as I know the Compusa here did very very well because of that. Now we can forget getting something the same day if it's an emergency.
Also sucks because it was such a busy store when they do start the clearance, anything worthwhile will be gone by the time they actually start anything more than a 20% discount.

 

[TallBill]

Ugh, now Best Buy needs to go.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Best Buy really took over. But who really cares? I live in the land of Fry's. I could care less if all of them disappeared. Selection = Fry's. BB is nice for the 10% or 12% coupons but other than that, who wants overpriced crap?

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Best Buy really took over. But who really cares? I live in the land of Fry's. I could care less if all of them disappeared. Selection = Fry's. BB is nice for the 10% or 12% coupons but other than that, who wants overpriced crap?

I live in the land of newegg.com

 

[Kadarin]

The only thing I miss about CompUSA is that the one here was pretty close to where I live. However, I have 2 different Fry's pretty close to where I work, so it's all good...

 

[RagingBITCH]

I live down the street from their HQ in Addison. It's a bad sign when their flagship CrapUSA store down the street didn't make the cut last year. Fvck them.

 

[0roo0roo]

their death is amazingly long. its been years now since i've ever seen one of their stores filled with customers. only went for the rare hotdeal, and even then they were pretty run down.

another place was "the good guys"
for a while there you could just tell that ship was going down.

 

[Muadib]

They closed all their stores in NJ a while ago. I needed a printer and hoped to snag one there, but their going out of busness prices were still higher than what I found online. I won't miss them.

 

[Apathetic]

Well, it looks like this confirms it: link

Dave

 

[Pliablemoose]

They pissed a lot of people off with their rebates years ago & I quit buying from them then, they have had an agonizingly slow death....

Wal Mart is hurting the electronics retailers more than anything, they're operating with a slimmer profit margin and carrying a wider selection every year.

Circuit City is next on the chopping block...

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
their death is amazingly long. its been years now since i've ever seen one of their stores filled with customers. only went for the rare hotdeal, and even then they were pretty run down.

another place was "the good guys"
for a while there you could just tell that ship was going down.

Coincedentally, CompUSA bought the Good Guys, then consolidated some of their product lines into select CUSA stores and closed the Good Guys...

The Good Guys used to be the best of their ilk in my area. EXCELLENT customer service, GREAT product lines, from entry-level to high end stereos and televisions, then we were left with Worst Buy and Circuit Jerkit...

"Back in the day", CUSA was one of the "WOW" stores..."LOOKIT all the computer parts!" heh-heh only Fry's had a better selection, and Fry's was almost a 2 hour drive from here.
There used to be a Computer City (Tandy Electronics) store in Pleasanton, which was a decent alternative to CUSA, but then they bought CC and closed the stores...then (for a while) there was Incredible Universe (also Tandy Electronics) within a 2 hour drive, but Fry's bought them out and closed those stores...

Then, I found teh egg...and haven't bought at a B&M store since...with the occasional exception for a massive Fry's sale...

CUSA? WhoDat?

 

[CaptnKirk]

Originally posted by: alfa147x
Im going to try to get a flux capacitor this time

and don't snort the Dilithium Crystals . . .

 

[Spook]

Further info

 

[BHeemsoth]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Ugh, now Best Buy needs to go.

Best Buy is certainly useful for some things. It doesn't need to go. Just don't shop there.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Best Buy really took over. But who really cares? I live in the land of Fry's. I could care less if all of them disappeared. Selection = Fry's. BB is nice for the 10% or 12% coupons but other than that, who wants overpriced crap?

I live in the land of newegg.com

We practically have to live in the land of Newegg, since the only other technology stores in our area are Circuit City and Best Buy. You know... the land of the extended warranties and the $50 Monster cables.

I used to like "The Wiz", but they went outta business as well. Grr.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Oh well.

I don't have a Fry's around here, and Best buy sucks for computers...

 

[XZeroII]

No big loss there...

 

[Ika]

Good lord, now all we have is Best Buy and Radio Shack in a 40-minute driving radius from my house.