CompUSA to Call it Quits

Iria · Dec 8, 2007, 03:44 PM

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, 05:45 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, 06:18 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, 06:59 PM

Their service sucks. I won't miss them.

drakesteakn · Dec 8, 2007, 08:18 PM

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

|2A|N · Dec 8, 2007, 09:15 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, 10:27 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 9, 2007, 02:23 AM

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, 11:51 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, 03:44 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	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, 05:45 PM	#2
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	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... __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Dec 8, 2007, 06:18 PM	#3
OldBuzzard DH's oldest Geek Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oberlin, OH Posts: 2,783 Rep Power: 145 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, 08:18 PM	#5
drakesteakn boo!!!! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ft. Meyers, FL Posts: 2,041 Rep Power: 0	I built by first computer with parts rfom compUSA. i will miss them. __________________

Dec 8, 2007, 10:27 PM	#7
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 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. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Dec 8, 2007, 06:59 PM	#4
Arklon HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 163 Rep Power: 0	Their service sucks. I won't miss them.

Dec 8, 2007, 09:15 PM	#6
\|2A\|N SE7EN57 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 358 Rep Power: 72 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 9, 2007, 02:23 AM	#8
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,648 Rep Power: 196 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" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png

Dec 9, 2007, 11:51 AM	#9
merlinxi The Paranoid Cook Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 655 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. __________________ 700 Watt Toughpower Cable Management Power supply -- Asus P55 LE Motherboard -- Intel Core i7 860 2.8GHZ Quad Core -- 6Gb Dominator Ram DD3 8 Latency Timings -- Windows 7 64bit -- Gigabyte GTX470 Superclocked Video Card -- 1.5 TB Hard drive, 1TB hard drive, 250GB Hard drive, and a partridge in a pear tree.