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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 02:13 AM Original message |
CompUSA, Falling to Competition, to Shut Down After Holidays |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wow. Very sad. |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. I made the mistake of going into a CompUSA once |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 02:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I had a similar issue... |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 02:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Here's the honest truth: |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. I KNEW.. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Yep ,,,just like those cheap $50 printer deals but then the replacement ink cost $34.95 |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Exactly.. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. We sold a Lexmark at a COMPUSA I worked at that was cheaper than the ink... |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #35 |
57. I had a printer once |
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jobendorfer (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
65. I used to work for Xerox |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. The problem is with that type of thinking. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Thanks for the insight... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. That was why the Apple store within a store was such a good idea. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 01:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
58. CompUSA cut their higher paid sales people (more experienced) |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Circuit City did that. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #62 |
71. CompUSA did it long before Circuit City did. Years before. |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. The a good business model for a store.... |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
66. That's pretty much how I treat Bestbuy, Circuit City, etc. |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 02:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I went to an Apple store recently |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 03:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And I thought Demunderground would be the last place I would have to suffer linux fanboy posts |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Why not? We've had to listen to the Macintologists for years here. n/t |
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clixtox (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 04:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Somewhere Between Completely Unlikely and Total B.S. |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
53. Complete and utter B.S. |
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Neverarepublican (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 06:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. yikes |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 07:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. That's nice. But did you know that Linux causes penile cancer? n/t |
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kedrys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. I find that hard to believe |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. No, BSD with a paint job. All Apple did was make UNIX accessible to |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Deleted message |
rolleitreks (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. I don't believe you. n/t |
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lanlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. that store must have been infiltrated by M$ agents |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Personally, I don't believe a word of it. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
33. Thanks for that one, silverojo |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
36. OpenBSD rox dude ...one of the most secure OS's out there. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
39. oh god, linux lovers lurking in liberal lands? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
63. Most of the liberal computer folk I know are linux fans |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. No shit. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. that little penguin is a hardcore repuke!! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. Obviously a trendy corporation is more ideologically pure than a free system developed... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 05:32 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. No such thing as "idelogical" purity and even then it just leads to idiocy |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
42. And where exactly did this take place? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
47. Bull. nt |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. Bullshit. (NT) |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
54. I'm sorry, but I don't buy that. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
56. the exception that proves the rule |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
69. My experience is similar. The staff was not very helpful |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 03:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Never had a problem with either CompUSA or Apple |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. That's not news |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. That's too bad for the folks working at the stores |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
11. The end of the "computer store"... |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 07:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Another interesting thing is the variety you once had |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
59. Wrong post spot |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
12. Not to mention, buying online . . . |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
52. Fry's is awesome |
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lanlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
16. End of the Line for CompUSA |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. They closed most of the stores last year in the Northeast anyway |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That's where the guys from the Chinese Embassy used to buy their high powered laptops in DC! nt |
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PetrusMonsFormicarum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Northwest stores also closed last year |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I remember an investment "advisor" from Merrill Lynch calling me up |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. That's like Merrill Lynch selling Martha Stewart's ImClone shares to their less |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
41. Good riddance. I have been asking questions for 15 yrs at CompUSA and never once got a right answer |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
23. Carlos Slim is Out $1.5 Billion? |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
28. CompUSA had a bad reputation, I think. Years ago when looking for my first computer... |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Stopped buying from them years ago |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Wow. What a story. You are unbelievably patient. I wouldn't have lasted... |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Well, I was trying to take advantage of that 0% loan, |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
34. from purely a business point of view |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
38. I saw this coming when the local CompUSA went out of business |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
46. They drove themselves to destruction |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-08-07 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
51. I worked there, and was ordered by my bosses to LIE to customers. |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
60. Good riddence |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
61. Low Prices generally obscure True Cost. n/t |
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Bombero1956 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
64. apparently |
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