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« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2008, 08:23:38 PM »
WOW!

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« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2008, 08:29:50 PM »
That's a month old or something, figured someone already had it covered.  Still surprising though, even more surprising is that their price cuts of 20% are still higher than other local computer stores.
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« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2008, 08:52:41 PM »
Yeah, that was on the news in early December here.
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« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2008, 08:58:26 PM »
I hope no one is counting on an extended warranty from them.  :huh
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« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2008, 09:07:04 PM »
saw it comming over a year ago when all the stores around here went out of business.
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When they had them here there really wasnt much in the way of savings
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« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2008, 09:34:36 PM »
Was one near me. Convenient at times but with Fry's Electronics a few hundred yards away it won't be missed.
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« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2008, 10:02:58 PM »
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Was one near me. Convenient at times but with Fry's Electronics a few hundred yards away it won't be missed.

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« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2008, 10:44:35 PM »
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Was one near me. Convenient at times but with Fry's Electronics a few hundred yards away it won't be missed.


my brother lives in allen... i love going to the frys in plano... wish they would open a branch in south carolina
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« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2008, 11:16:05 PM »
I closed them down personally after they ripped me off to the tune of about $80 dollars on a return in the Mid 1990s.

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« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2008, 11:27:35 PM »
I was in a CompUSA once.  That was enough.
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« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2008, 10:06:38 PM »
My pet peeve with them was that when they had a sale advertised in the sunday paper they NEVER had the stock to back it up.

Ive had good luck lately with Micro Center and Tiger Direct.
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« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2008, 10:10:03 PM »
Dittos on Tiger Direct.  They are good to price compare against NewEgg

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« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2008, 10:19:12 PM »
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didnt see that one coming

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/61197;_ylt=AmD9qtjMQDIofrGxfrgbNCIPMZA5


Really?  CompUSA has been in serious financial shape for many years now.

There are so few stores at this point, that this really will have no market impact.  

The company was sold off to a Mexican Billionaire by the name of Carlos Slim many years ago.   So it has not been an American owned company for a long time now.

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« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2008, 10:28:12 PM »
I bought 2 pc's from those salamanders back in the 80's and 90's, and they are on my watermelon list along with Advance Auto.....good riddance. They remind me of MY company, and I tell all my friends to NEVER do business with them:furious
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