All Compusa stores closing in Minnesota!

[Rich_S111]

Well, if anyone here is in the twin cities, or has access to anyone in the twin cities, all of the Compusa stores are closing and they've stuck their whole inventory on clearance.

Given their high prices and the fact that 50% of a Compusa store is dedicated to console gaming, cell phones and TV sales and they typically don't have more than three outdated and triple priced motherboards/processors, it doesn't surprise me.

BUT! 30% of all cases is seriously nice and I managed to pick up an Antec 900 and a Coolermaster case for less than they would have costed from any of my distributors.

Everything else is 10-30% off as well, but I think I'm going to wait a little bit and see if it goes to 50% off before making a few frivelous impulse purchases hehehe

Just thought I'd pass along the news, hopefully some folks get some good deals!

[Micro Bean]

Same goes for Massachusetts Just waiting for the big percentage to happen THEN IT WILL BE COMPUSA RAID! tee hee

[frostbitetwice]

Rich, I live in Edina just about 1 1/2 miles from one of them. This company is a high priced joke. I remember shopping for a 3' RCA cable and this outfit wanted $18.oo. Yes, that is right six dollars a foot. I never went back. Shortly there after, I spoke with one of the store managers, at the Bloomington store, and he agreed he had to many over priced products on his shelves. He wanted me to call their regional office and tell them. I told this manage it was not my job. This store and the Woodbury one never had anyone shopping there. The sales staff are none to bright. The only Micro Computer Center more than likely had more revenue than all three CompUSA. They are just another bad retailer. I pity their shareholders. Even at fifty percent off you are paying to much.

[Rich_S111]

Oh man, I absolutely agree

They're good for a few things, like networking equipment (usually only overpriced by 15% or so) and I'd often find myself stocking up on cabling or a router and cards whenever I had a big network job and didn't feel like swinging back at the office.

Their closing is bizarre though. ANYONE could have told them what they were doing wrong, yet they somehow failed to see it themselves:

the name is COMPusa, as in COMPUTER. People aren't going to Compusa to buy TVs or Cell phones. People that want to buy a video game for a console are more likely to buy it from a video game store or Best Buy.

They needed to tear all that junk out and pack those shelves to the gills with competitively priced motherboards, video cards, processors, RAM that's not locked behind a cage that only the manager can get to, etc.

I've had bad issues with MicroCenter, but most of their prices are spot on and aside from a dearth of good lower priced cases, they have a great selection of items as well and they'll keep getting my business.

I got spoiled over the years I lived in Las Vegas. There was a chain of gigantic electronics stores called "Fry's" in Nevada, California, Arizona, etc.

Good prices, BIGGEST selection I've ever seen and they had a coffee shop/cafe right in the middle. It was like walking into a geek's heaven

I reckon I'll keep watching Compusa though and checking their auctions (which I just recently found out about) to see if they knock down those prices a wee bit lower anytime soon

[frostbitetwice]

Rich, my g/f went to Compuserve today and most things were only marked down 10%.

[Rich_S111]

Really? Ugh, I was going to check them out tomorrow :/

Seems Compusa can't even give a good price when they go out of business :/

[Wildandcrzyguy]

CompUSA was always a ripoff. There only concern was pushing the product they had the most off for that day. Believe me I know I used to work there. Besides I never go to CompUSA anyway, with places like NewEgg on the web, I get better deals and a much better price without all the bullshit that goes along with it from the store.

[frostbitetwice]

I remember going there about two years and looking at their LCD line up. High prices and companies I never even hear of. They did not even stock Samsung. I think the whole shi$ house will close shortly with their inventory will being sold at Big Lot.

[osprey4]

I stopped in a S Jersey store today, and the prices are still uncompetitive. 10% off a non-discounted item means I can get it elsewhere for less.

[Mannix7]

Nice tip, I think I'll go see how much they've knocked off thier usually outrageous prices(I only went in once, and they wanted $20 for a 10' ethernet cord). Microcenter is usually pretty good, or atleast the best I've found in the Twin Cities area, I got an OEM 16x dvd burner for $29.99 last week, which beat anything I could find on the net if you include shipping. Though I wish someone whould open Fry's around here, I went on a vacation to Vegas a few months ago and spent a good 3 hours wandering around wondering why I'd never heard of them before.