New CompUSA Ad: Print this ad and bring it to a CompUSA

[Odarby]

Received in my email tonight. Thought some of you might want to take a look.
A few decent deals I think.
Super Savings All Week Long!
January 4 - 10 at CompUSA!
Save 10% - 50% on select products when you buy online or print this ad and take it to any store. Don't miss these great deals!

LINKAGE

 

[xybertron]

Link hosted by Compusa.

Right click - Save - then Open

http://www.compusa.com/adproducts/html_ad/1_4_2004/1_4_full.pdf

 

[dym]

is there any hot deal in that ad?

 

[cmv]

Originally posted by: dym
is there any hot deal in that ad?

For me, almost no deal is worth going to CompUSA because they are too stupid to build a store in Chicago that is not located downtown or in the boondock suburbs! /Foaming-mouth-rant-ended

Stuff in the 1.1 Mb PDF:

Page 1:
Seagate 160 GB Serial ATA $89.99 ($20 instant, $50 rebate)
256 MB USB 2.0 FlashDrive $49.99 ($20 instant)
802.11b router $19.99 ($10 instant) (photo shows CompUSA branded thing--do they really brand this stuff?)
$150 off some desktops
Toshiba notebook for $899.97 ($200 instant): Cellery 2.8 GHz, DVD/CDRW, 256 MB, 40 GB
10% off all ViewSonic and Sony LCD Monitors

Page 2:
Deals? What deals?

Page 3:
Kodak EasyShare camera for $99.97 (CX6200)
Buffalo 802.11g PCMCIA card for $39.99 ($10 instant, $20 rebate)
Buffalo 802.11g 4 port wireless route $49.99 ($15 instant, $35 rebate)
25 pack DVD-R Media $19.99 ($5 instant)

Page 4:
More not so good deals...

 

[Breezie]

anyone know how good the $39.99 burner is? It'd be a lot easier to buy it then order newegg's LiteOn one for same price but is there a big difference in quality?

 

[Snowlock]

just a word of advice. Pass on the 11b compusa router. It is actually branded compusa and it is a big grey lump of crap. I got one right here. It won't even work correctly without a firmware update and even then you got quite a bit of time beating your head against it to make it work. You can get better (and cheaper) ones elsewhere.

 

[cmv]

Originally posted by: Breezie
anyone know how good the $39.99 burner is? It'd be a lot easier to buy it then order newegg's LiteOn one for same price but is there a big difference in quality?

$40 for a CDRW is cold in my book. Maybe if you need high quality but burners can be had for $10 these days (or free with some work on the OfficeMax/Staples deals). Now $40 for a DVD burner...

 

[SearchMaster]

Originally posted by: Snowlock
just a word of advice. Pass on the 11b compusa router. It is actually branded compusa and it is a big grey lump of crap. I got one right here. It won't even work correctly without a firmware update and even then you got quite a bit of time beating your head against it to make it work. You can get better (and cheaper) ones elsewhere.

I've been using one for several months as a wireless access point - no problems. I updated the latest firmware (Gigafast I think, easy to find out) and it's worked flawlessly for my purposes.

 

[lupi]

They have a block in the add that says 50% off all photo paper. That may be good depending on what there normal prices are.

 

[JerkyChew]

I've got one of those wireless routers, and it ain't bad. I had to update the firmware before it would work, but it wasn't bad after that.

 

[optimistic]

Originally posted by: lupi
They have a block in the add that says 50% off all photo paper. That may be good depending on what there normal prices are.

Yes, if their prices are anything like Best Buy you can get 120ct of Canon 4x6 Photo Paper Plus Glossy for $12.

 

[cmsanto]

I'm tempted on the 256 MB USB 2.0 FlashDrive $49.99 ($20 instant).
Lowest on pricewatch was around $55 from no-name stores. Not a hot deal but a warm deal.

Ooh, and Newegg has one for $55 as well and they are not a no-name store .

 

[gypsymoth]

"Kodak EasyShare camera for $99.97 (CX6200)"
This is not much of a deal. That is its list price.

Chieh

 

[OneCheapBastard]

Any input on the DVD-R's? Any one know who manufactures them for CompUSA?

 

[metapy]

Costco carries these at this price normally Sandisk Mini Cruzer 2.0 256 MB $50.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: optimistic

Originally posted by: lupi
They have a block in the add that says 50% off all photo paper. That may be good depending on what there normal prices are.

Yes, if their prices are anything like Best Buy you can get 120ct of Canon 4x6 Photo Paper Plus Glossy for $12.

Hehehehe.. That reminds me of BB deal from couple weeks ago, buy 2 Canon cartridges and get that photo paper free. Black cartridges for my Canon i320 were only $6.50 a piece

 

[agent2099]

There needs to be more details in the first post as to what specifically is a hot deal. Not just a link to the entire ad.

 

[KidViciou$]

uh, so it's only a hot deal if someone says it is? did you see anything that you thought was "hot"? if not, i don't think there were hot deals for you...

 

[vcarpio]

Originally posted by: OneCheapBastard
Any input on the DVD-R's? Any one know who manufactures them for CompUSA?

I don't know who manufactures them but I bought them a week ago. My experience with them isn't good. The 3 DVDs I burned -- one movie, 2 photo/video DVDs for the grandparents -- all were unreadable midway through the DVDs. I had to go out and get expensive TDKs to re-burn the grandparents' DVDs. When I was burning only CDs, I never had a problem with generic brands and scoffed at people who bought branded ones. Now I'll buy branded DVD-Rs for burning DVDs that are priceless like family photo/video archives. It's probably OK to use CompUSA DVD-Rs for burning movies if it's OK for you to lose a chapter or two...