CompUSA to Call it Quits

Iria · Dec 8, 2007, 10:44 AM

Source: Tech-Ex
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My thought is Carlos Slim, wanting to keep his status as (arguably) richest man in the world, has decided to stop throwing money down a hole. CompUSA will shut down after the holiday season.

Slim has owned CompUSA since 2000. It's a subsidiary of his U.S. Commercial Corp S.A.B. de C.V. company. Since owning it, he has $1.5 billion in the chain over eight years, yet failed to turn it around.

Things already looked grim for CompUSA when they shut half their stores within a three month period, starting in February. Competition from stores such as Best Buy, Circuit City, and (who else) Wal-Mart, proved too much.

Falstaff · Dec 8, 2007, 12:45 PM

never cared for CompUSA...
rather have Fryes or even Best buy...
just the prices, I could go across the street to Walmart and save ten percent on the price of anything in CompUSA..how in the hell could they survive..
This will definitely hit the strip malls hard...

OldBuzzard · Dec 8, 2007, 01:18 PM

That's different from my experience. Here in Cincinnati, CompUSA was almost always cheaper.

Of course we have Circuit City, and Best Buy, with MicroCenter thrown into the mix, so maybe the extra competition helped.

Arklon · Dec 8, 2007, 01:59 PM

Their service sucks. I won't miss them.

drakesteakn · Dec 8, 2007, 03:18 PM

I built by first computer with parts rfom compUSA. i will miss them.

|2A|N · Dec 8, 2007, 04:15 PM

I like CompUSA for the simple fact that they carry all the little things you can't find or buy in lets say Circuit City or BestBuys but CompUSA has outrages prices sometimes marked up 200% and for that I am glad to see them go under besides who really pays full retail price noways for anything anyway when you have Newegg and TigerDirect around.

CDsDontBurn · Dec 8, 2007, 05:27 PM

i can say two things about them

pro: like stated earlier, they did have all the accesories you would need for a PC

con: like said earlier, everything they had was well over-priced.

Robert McClelland · Dec 8, 2007, 09:23 PM

I like Fryes I didn't know about to I google it lol. I brought free software from them Norton 360 Vegas Studio 8 and sm 7

all free after rebates.

merlinxi · Dec 9, 2007, 06:51 AM

Well I hope all these stores go out of business one day. They all rip you off anyway. Honestly you could always get things cheaper online anyway. I bought my Flat Screen 42" LCD TV online, from a site I never went to, and it works great.

Dec 8, 2007, 10:44 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	CompUSA to Call it Quits Source: Tech-Ex ________ My thought is Carlos Slim, wanting to keep his status as (arguably) richest man in the world, has decided to stop throwing money down a hole. CompUSA will shut down after the holiday season. Slim has owned CompUSA since 2000. It's a subsidiary of his U.S. Commercial Corp S.A.B. de C.V. company. Since owning it, he has $1.5 billion in the chain over eight years, yet failed to turn it around. Things already looked grim for CompUSA when they shut half their stores within a three month period, starting in February. Competition from stores such as Best Buy, Circuit City, and (who else) Wal-Mart, proved too much.

Dec 8, 2007, 12:45 PM	#2
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 18,137 Rep Power: 131	never cared for CompUSA... rather have Fryes or even Best buy... just the prices, I could go across the street to Walmart and save ten percent on the price of anything in CompUSA..how in the hell could they survive.. This will definitely hit the strip malls hard... __________________ The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.

Dec 8, 2007, 01:18 PM	#3
OldBuzzard DH's oldest Geek? Join Date: May 2003 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 2,224 Rep Power: 83 System Specs	That's different from my experience. Here in Cincinnati, CompUSA was almost always cheaper. Of course we have Circuit City, and Best Buy, with MicroCenter thrown into the mix, so maybe the extra competition helped. __________________ When looking for a reason as to why things go wrong, never rule out sheer STUPIDITY

Dec 8, 2007, 03:18 PM	#5
drakesteakn boo!!!! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ft. Meyers, FL Posts: 2,042 Rep Power: 44	I built by first computer with parts rfom compUSA. i will miss them. __________________

Dec 8, 2007, 05:27 PM	#7
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 21,848 Rep Power: 133 System Specs	i can say two things about them pro: like stated earlier, they did have all the accesories you would need for a PC con: like said earlier, everything they had was well over-priced. __________________ CD's Corner // Her first day // A year later // RX-8 Club 3Dmark06 - 4176 // 3Dmark05 - 7459 // 3Dmark03 - 14289 // PCmark05 - 4453 // PCmark04 - 6297

Dec 8, 2007, 01:59 PM	#4
Arklon DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 161 Rep Power: 0	Their service sucks. I won't miss them.

Dec 8, 2007, 04:15 PM	#6
\|2A\|N S I M P L I C I T Y Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 321 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	I like CompUSA for the simple fact that they carry all the little things you can't find or buy in lets say Circuit City or BestBuys but CompUSA has outrages prices sometimes marked up 200% and for that I am glad to see them go under besides who really pays full retail price noways for anything anyway when you have Newegg and TigerDirect around.

Dec 8, 2007, 09:23 PM	#8
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Some Where in Ohio Posts: 6,344 Rep Power: 103 System Specs	I like Fryes I didn't know about to I google it lol. I brought free software from them Norton 360 Vegas Studio 8 and sm 7 all free after rebates. __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun"

Dec 9, 2007, 06:51 AM	#9
merlinxi The Paranoid Cook Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 641 Rep Power: 0	Well I hope all these stores go out of business one day. They all rip you off anyway. Honestly you could always get things cheaper online anyway. I bought my Flat Screen 42" LCD TV online, from a site I never went to, and it works great. __________________ [COLOR=darkslategray][COLOR=lemonchiffon]My personal computer:[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=darkslategray] 700 Watt Thermaltake -- MS - 7185 [/COLOR]-- [COLOR=red]PCI-E [/COLOR]NVIDIA 7950GX2** -- [COLOR=magenta]1 SATA I 250 GB -- 1 SATA I -- 200GB -- 1 IDE 80GB [/COLOR] -- [COLOR=green]2GB Low Latency DDRI Kingston RAM (2-2-2-4-5) PC 3200 [/COLOR] -- [COLOR=navy]Hyundai 190D+ 19" Flat Screen Monitor[/COLOR] -- [COLOR=purple]18 X DVD+RW-RW[/COLOR]-- [COLOR=sienna]Windows XP 32-bit/Windows Vista x32[/COLOR] --[COLOR=darkred]AMD 4600+ X2 1GB (512x2) FSB Socket 939 **[/COLOR]