Compusa is closing more than half its stores

Mike682
Mike682 Posts: 2,074
edited March 2007 in The Clubhouse
Just a heads up for anyone needing any computer stuff/games and low end audio/video. Should be seeing discounts soon as the stores are set to close pretty fast.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,255482,00.html

It was destined to happen. Everytime I went into these stores, the customer service was horrible.

All the stores here on the island are closing. The closest one will be in Manhattan for me..

Check here to see if stores near you are closing:
http://www.compusa.com/locations/default.asp
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2007
    All but one (Holyoke) is closing in MA.

    Good riddance. Bunch of overpriced junk you could get for a third of the price elsewhere. I've been to a CompUSA maybe twice in the past 5 years, and only because I was desperate / impatient.
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited March 2007
    exactly

    I actually bought my laptop there only because they had a great price on it. I almost didn't buy the thing because the employees were nasty
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited March 2007
    I wonder if they will have the memory I need on sale..?

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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited March 2007
    The one by me was the worst. It took me 45 minutes to get help one time. Glad it is closing. Mabye they will be some deals.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited March 2007
    AWESOME. Can't wait for the sales.

    You know they are gonna be loaded with the free after rebate stuff.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,602
    edited March 2007
    What was bad was the half-assed attempt to do HT.
    Why would a computer store try that?
    They should have just improved their pc parts selection and support.
    Now they don't do anything well.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited March 2007
    Everything is on sale already. Laptops and computers are 5% so far, other misc. items are mostly 10% off, and all monster cables are 30% off. I was there yesterday, I'm waiting for a specific item to come down a little more, then I'll pick it up. I just hope it doesn't sell out before then.
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited March 2007
    sucks2beme wrote:
    What was bad was the half-assed attempt to do HT.
    Why would a computer store try that?
    They should have just improved their pc parts selection and support.
    Now they don't do anything well.

    Weren't they the ones that bought goodguys and closed their stores down? Seems like ironic justice to me. Bought my first polk speakers at goodguys. I was really sad to see them go. Can't say the same about compusa. If the discounts are the same as when goodguys closed, they'll be hit and miss. You'll have to keep checking every week for an additional percentage off until they finally get reasonable since their prices start off high.

    Could be a chance to get a nice flat panel, though.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited March 2007
    Was never impressed with the CompUSA in Manhattan. I remember waiting in line for quite some time to buy a "no-name brand" hard drive and then ending up returning it because it had bad sectors right out of the box.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2007
    I stopped by CompUSA today in Bellevue. Everything was pretty much just 10% off. Really nothing special. You can still find everything they have there at a better price on the internet. Well, unless you are dying for one of the CompUSA rebadged hard drives. Anyways, don't waste your time driving to one. They didn't even have what I needed.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2007
    i'm sure their online sales are making tons more money than their brick and morter stores are.. isn't that what happend to Egghead too? closed all their stores and went online sales only???
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2007
    Egghead has an online store?
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2007
    Egghead is a store?

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  • ViperZ
    ViperZ Posts: 2,046
    edited March 2007
    Just saw a guy with sign saying "20% off, store closing sale" in front of Webster/Houston CompUSA. Will check it out tomorrow.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2007
    Shizelbs wrote:
    Egghead has an online store?

    I belive the "Egghead" stores were the inspiration for NewEgg.com.

    I miss Egghead. I had a friend in high school whose father was a chemistry teacher at our school, but on weekends used to work at Egghead just to get discounts on techie stuff.
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited March 2007
    The one 5 minutes away from me is staying open. Not surprised as it has pretty decent traffic.

    But overall, I'm not surprised, CompUSA never could figure out what it wanted to be. The big screen and stereo section was a waste of space. Plus, I hated the rebate on everything scam. It just shows how little margin there is in electronics. All the big boxes require their staff to sell accessories/extended warranties like crazy in order to make a profit.
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