[ShadowAce]

[N3WBI3]

Ive never much been impressed with compusa, best buy is really eating their lunch..

[Gay State Conservative]

I'm not surprised.The one near me (located in an upper middle class area) looks like a dump.

[mass55th]

They already closed the CompUSA store in Carousal Mall (Syracuse NY) around Christmas.

[brownsfan]

CompUsa's time has past.
There was a time when CompUsa was the place to go for anything more than blank floppies. Now that you can get hard disk drives at Target in the bargain bin.... time for CompUsa to turn out the lights.

[SlowBoat407]

Now that the Apple Store has opened in our city, I have no need for CompUSA.

[No Truce With Kings]

"The process began last week with the closing of four CompUSA stores and over the next 60-90 days, the company will close a total of 126 stores in the United States . . ."

That is what happens when you combine arrogance and crappy service in a market sector not protected by government intervention. If they were the Dept of Motor Vehicles they could have gotten away with that. Given real-world competion? Adios, and don't let the screen door catch you on the way out.

[KarlInOhio]

Generally their retail was way overpriced compared to other stores, so the only time I went in was if I absolutely needed something right then or it was on sale. Not a good way to build customer loyalty.

Now how can you tell which stores are closing. I want to get some discounts.

[Lurking in Kansas]

I buy online.

[Riverine]

Bad prices and bad service- that's why they lost me.

[DCPatriot]

I feel badly for all their employees. ;^(

[atomicpossum]

Several times in the last year I've ordered online from CompUSA for store pickup, then headed to the store, where the staff bumble around to find the item they already pulled, taking more time that it would if I jsut showed up, grabbed it off the shelf, and checked out.

[freedomson]

"Worst. Service. EVER."

[mgstarr]

I shopped at their original store when it was located in far N. Dallas and called SoftWarehouse.

Never did like it.

[zerosix]

What's the matter, can't they find more illegal aliens to supply a cheaper work force? Or could it be that the illegals aren't willing to work at minimum wage sales jobs when they can get all the work they need in the higher paying construction industry?(/sarcasm)

[marshmallow]

Does anyone still go to computer and electronics stores?

It's all online isn't it? You can compare prices, products and deals at the click of a mouse. Who the hell wants to battle traffic, waste time driving from store to store and then wait in a queue for some nimrod to serve you?

[TChad]

The two stores closest to me are closing. I won't miss them. Their staff was not hired for technical competence. They could not answer basic questions about the products they were selling. Their advice was often wrong.

It seemed like they had been employed by McDonalds one week, and CompUSA the next.

"D'you want to add a USB flash drive to that order, mister? I think it's, like, some kind of memory thingie."

[Halgr]

I buy all my computer stuff at Newegg.com

What I like about it is the warranty and each component get reviewed by the buyers....so you know what you are getting.

I've built three PC's with Newegg.com parts ;-)

[The South Texan]

Never been impressed with CompUSA. Seems like everytime I've been there, the wait staff acts like I'm wasting their time. Nevermind a couple of times I did spend a couple hundred bucks on back up tape drives and tapes.

I just by that stuff now at officedepot.com.

[Moonman62]

Bunch of bait and switching con artists. I'm not surprised.