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- Brick and Click Stores: How Circuit City Could Re-Open Its Doors
- Why doesn’t a consumer electronics store work this way, in the age of the Internet? You walk into the digital photography section. On a slanted shelf sit 15 different cameras, each tied to its stanchion for security. But there’s a big screen...
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- Systemax: Where bankrupt electronics retailers are resuscitated
- Systemax already has CompUSA in its stable and now it may add Circuit City too. You could call Systemax a collector of defunct retailers. And why not? It is acquiring some brand equity on the cheap. Systemax makes and sells electronics and acquired the CompUSA brand last...
- Blog posts 2009-04-13
- Cheap Netbook screen too small? How about a $300 ThinkPad?
- CompUSA.com, AKA TigerDirect, is at it again with the crazy blowouts. This week, they have refurbished IBM T43s with 14.1 inch screens, 1.6Ghz Pentium Processor, 512MB of RAM and 40GB hard drives for $299.00. NUTS! I've been meaning to pick up myself a...
- Blog posts 2009-03-09
- Is CompUSA.com poised to become the Crazy Eddie of Linux?
- Is CompUSA.com poised to become the Crazy Eddie of Linux?MicroCenter is the better alternativeMicrocenter exists in NY and Northern NJ and is better than CompUSA.http://www.microcenter.com/at_the_stores/index.htmlCompUSA is deadJust thought some one should clarify that CompUSA as it was once now is no longer around. They went out of business and tigerdirect...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-19
- Is CompUSA.com poised to become the Crazy Eddie of Linux?
- CompUSA used to be my favorite brick and mortar place to buy computers. But when they closed half of their stores in 2007, the company switched gears and moved to an Internet-sales model. The CompUSA stores in Northern New Jersey all were shut down, which pretty...
- Blog posts 2008-10-19
- You can now purchase a technology trade-in plan when you buy a gadget from TigerDirect or CompUSA
- You can now purchase a technology trade-in plan when you buy a gadget from TigerDirect or CompUSAWouldn't buy from TigerDirect...I've had way to many issues with TigerDirect, and I have NEVER been able to get them to honor one of their rebates. I'll never buy anything from them again....
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- You can now purchase a technology trade-in plan when you buy a gadget from TigerDirect or CompUSA
- If you're buying a new consumer electronics product from either TigerDirect or CompUSA, you can now lock-in a trade-in strategy and some moolah or store credige by buying a Guaranteed Buyback plan from TechForward at the time of purchase. To refresh your memory, TechForward is an...
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Pics: once was a CompUSA, now a big empty box
- Pics: once was a CompUSA, now a big empty boxMy consolation prize....[i]If you could claim something from that pic, what would it be?[/i]I'd take the 2 APC UPS units. What many people don't realize is that the UPS can and should be used for other things in a blackout once...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- Pics: once was a CompUSA, now a big empty box
- It's now bare-to-the-walls time for CompUSA. Gizmodo has a couple of shots of a Portland, Oregon CompUSA, stripped clean. To think I used to visit there fairly often. Here's another shot: ...
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Best Buy plans to double Mac presence at its stores
- Best Buy plans to double Mac presence at its storesWhy does everyone thing Apple will be immune......to a slow down in the economy?This will be BB's third or fourth shot at this....And I can't help but wonder if it didn't come about due to the demise of CompUSA and...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-09
- CompUSA vs. BestBuy
- CompUSA vs. BestBuyWell I do not ever remember seeing...Major Appliances(Washers/Dryers/Stoves...)in CompUSA, The stores have some common items, Best Buy does not sell motherboards @ least not in my local one. I think the big issue was CompUSA was billed as a Computer Super Store as oppose to Best Buy which...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-18
- CompUSA vs. BestBuy
- Two company, two very different headlines: CompUSA latest retailer that's fading into oblivion - Chicago Tribune Best Buy's Profit Jumps 52%, Helped by Fewer Promotions - Wall Street Journal So, two chains selling pretty much the same stuff. One sees a huge jump...
- Blog posts 2007-12-18
- Oh, one more beef about CompUSA: the drug testing
- Oh, one more beef about CompUSA: the drug testingJust becuase it's legal, it's OK?[i]Also what if several people call in sick, and you are the last person available and it's busy and you are stoned? ...but alcohol is legal and can be purchased over the counter without a prescription.[/i]"You're hammered?...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-12
- Oh, one more beef about CompUSA: the drug testing
- Over the years, several of my friends have either applied for jobs at now soon-to-close CompUSA, or have known people who have wanted to work there. I'm told, though, that CompUSA has had a strict drug testing policy in place for some 20...
- Blog posts 2007-12-12
- CompUSA is closing for good. Good.
- CompUSA is closing for good. Good.RE: CompUSA is closing for good. Good.One thing you missed noting about retail in general, and Fry's specifically...floor staff that is completely clueless. Unless you're going to buy that major music system for your low-rider you will not find them knowledgeable. They do have an...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-08
- CompUSA is closing for good. Good.
- Out of Dallas comes word that CompUSA, the 103-store chain that has been struggling in recent years, will cease operations after this Holiday season. While I genuinely feel sad for store employees who will have to look for another job, that's the only reason for regret...
- Blog posts 2007-12-08
- HTC Advantage first impressions: GPS and HSDPA rock!
- HTC Advantage first impressions: GPS and HSDPA rock!tried itI bought the 7501 the first day it was available from CompUSA. It is a great device, but it did not work out as my primary. I was willing to overlook the size, but this thing is not a phone...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- The old coffee-in-the-keyboard trick
- The old coffee-in-the-keyboard trickWow, that's an almost exact mirror of my experience..http://www.natecarlson.com/blog/2006/05/03/warning-comment-about-dells-completecare-service/My liquid was different, and coated the entire guts of the laptop, but pretty much the exact same experience. Take a look at the CompleteCare T&C's some time - they do say that this is how it works,...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-02
- Drumbeat for Dell's move into retail intensifies
- Drumbeat for Dell's move into retail intensifiesCompUSA/WalMart?CompUSA might be an alternative, but they already have Apple Stores and Sony Stores so Dell would have to offer a very good deal. (Best Buy is also rolling out Apple Stores after a successful trial in a limited number of stores.)Then...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-23
- Can Best Buy become your IT shop?
- Can Best Buy become your IT shop?Sounds like a deal to meI think I will call them up to have them load Deer Hunter 3D on my Tandy. They could load Windows Vista on there as well. I am sure I will have to buy a memory upgrade...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-27
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