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Liquidation on Macs @ CompUSA?
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yojitani
macrumors 68000
devilot
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Thanks for noticing. 😱
The thread I linked to has people posting from other CompUSA stores that had been liquidated earlier-- that thread already had stated the whole no returns available and no real discounts. And that's ever. Shrug.
Those of you still waiitng for some magical close-out sale are going to be sorely disappointed.
i went to compusa here in dallas, tx a few days ago bc they had guys out on the street with huge signs saying going out of business sale, 20-40% off!! so we pulled in there. nothing too great at all right now, just the first tier of the discounts. but they had 20% off of all monitors INCLUDING apple. 30inch brand new in box for only $1499 and $799 for 23inch. i didn't buy any but if there is something left right before the doors close which would be rare, i will snatch them up. all the machines were only 10% off so not really worth it just yet.
Looks like the Omaha, Nebraska store has closed. The link site says they have no stores in Nebraska. They did a couple of months ago. Oh well, we did get a new Apple store in December.
joepunk
macrumors 68030
Just like Tower Records here in Seattle. First weekend after announcing closure and not one deal/sale to be found. Employes also did not know of any closure sales. Only after several weeks (read about a month) deals/sales started to really pick-up and one could find pretty good bargains.
That is very surprising. I think they made mistakes when they chose where to build around Atlanta.
FrankBlack
macrumors 6502
Farewell, Comp USA.
If you haven't heard by now, Comp USA is going to all but vanish within the coming months. Six out of the seven stores in Massashusetts will close. Nationwide, about half of the companies' stores will close.
I never thought it was that bad of a place, as retailers generally go, although I know that some folks had bad experiences there. The one in Framingham, MA was actually a good one. Well-stocked, clean and with helpful people. I must admit though, I have not been there for some time, as it's become far easier to order stuff on-line, or head to the local Apple store.
Thoughts and opinions?
If you haven't heard by now, Comp USA is going to all but vanish within the coming months. Six out of the seven stores in Massashusetts will close. Nationwide, about half of the companies' stores will close.
I never thought it was that bad of a place, as retailers generally go, although I know that some folks had bad experiences there. The one in Framingham, MA was actually a good one. Well-stocked, clean and with helpful people. I must admit though, I have not been there for some time, as it's become far easier to order stuff on-line, or head to the local Apple store.
Thoughts and opinions?
I hope that the one in Manchester, CT doesn't close. They were *usually* pretty helpful.
Haven't been there in 2, maybe 3 years?
Haven't been there in 2, maybe 3 years?
xlii
macrumors 68000
I should add, having someone stand at the door and go through you purchase would really put me off. Somehow other stores can survive and not resort to that. I've always wondered if it's because they think their customers are thieves or if they think their employees are thieves?
I'm starting to wonder about the general economy. There seems to be lots of retail failures in the greater Boston area.
Next to Harvard Square there's 38,000 sq. feet of retail space which is gutted and advertised for rent. Solomon Pond mall has a bunch of boarded-up storefronts (including Cambridge Soundworks). Now CompUSA is closing up it's New England locations.
Canary in a coalmine?
Next to Harvard Square there's 38,000 sq. feet of retail space which is gutted and advertised for rent. Solomon Pond mall has a bunch of boarded-up storefronts (including Cambridge Soundworks). Now CompUSA is closing up it's New England locations.
Canary in a coalmine?
xlii
macrumors 68000
Possibly feeling the pressure from online retailers who only need a warehouse and shipping department vs a fancy looking store that has expensive rents?
We might be seeing the maturation of the home PC. As our home machines get more and more powerful, how many average users need the latest and greatest machine. Only thing driving bigger and better are high end games and video. There hasn't been a killer app since the browser. Remember 10 years ago... go into a computer store and all the little kids would be lined up at the PCs playing freecell or anything... That must have been what it was like when TVs first started showing up in stores after WW2 and all the men would be lined up outside looking at an 8" round fuzzy screen.
balamw
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Near me they're also facing competition from lots of other B&M stores as well, like Fry's, the more traditional consumer electronics big boxes (Best Buy, Circuit City) and even the plain old big boxes like Target and Wal Mart. As computers become mainstream, you no longer need specialty stores for the basics. Why go to CompUSA when I can get my thumbdrive at Target even cheaper?
Even then, one of the stores near me is staying alive for now, so it's not like all is lost for CompUSA.
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That might be part of it.
But in the Boston area, it seems to be a general retail meltdown - the types of stores that are closing run the gamut - CD/DVD, clothing, card shops, electronics, computers, etc.
And now the Natick mall is having a huge expansion - seems like bad timing. 😱
FrankBlack
macrumors 6502
Good observation. I've noticed it as well. It's reminding me of the bad 'ol days of the early 90's. Of course, it's a shopping mall, so there are always going to be a few empties here and there. It is amazing though, how fast some shopping mall stores come and go. Remember the old Framingham Mall? This was where Target is now. In the end, it was like something out of a spooky movie. Everything was boarded up, and the lighting was dim, with a few of the fluorescent tubes flickering. The only things left open in the final weeks were a tobacco and newspaper shop, and a greasy pizza place across the hall from it. And yet, in its heyday, it was packed on weekends.
They aren't just expanding the retail space at the Natick mall. A lot of that new construction (on what used to be the Continental Baking company) is luxury condo housing. The concept is simple: The folks living in the condo complex will be able to walk over an enclosed bridge and shop. I think that's the plan, anyway. The "community of tomorrow", or something else?
xlii, The Comp USA in Framingham is indeed going away. I went past it today, and the sign-holders are out, right near the REI store on route 30.
Store I miss: Lechemere Sales, Inc. They weren't perfect, but they had a pretty cool photography department, and their selection of sporting goods was impressive. Their photography staff was cool and well-informed. But, they have long since passed into what was.
furcalchick
macrumors 68020
17 stores in floriduh to stay open
only two stores in the state are closing, one in miami and another in melbourne. 17 stores in florida (that's a big chunk of the stores staying open) still up.
i'm guessing florida still is stuck in the 80's and still needs specialty computer stores, as many people here don't think that wal-mart and the rest have the computer parts. i think compusa will be in florida until they go under.
compusa i think is pretty much done, as their prices were always high and i could find almost anything they had in another store. they used to be good, but now with computer items that they have in most every store, and needing to go to places like frys for the parts, compusa won't last another five years i think.
only two stores in the state are closing, one in miami and another in melbourne. 17 stores in florida (that's a big chunk of the stores staying open) still up.
i'm guessing florida still is stuck in the 80's and still needs specialty computer stores, as many people here don't think that wal-mart and the rest have the computer parts. i think compusa will be in florida until they go under.
compusa i think is pretty much done, as their prices were always high and i could find almost anything they had in another store. they used to be good, but now with computer items that they have in most every store, and needing to go to places like frys for the parts, compusa won't last another five years i think.
Its still open, but will be gone in 2-3 months..Going to scope the sucker out tomorrow 🙂
BestBuyBoy
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Harvard square rents are among the highest per sq. ft in the country. Retailers, either hard or softlines are moving away from urban centers (look at Downtown Crossing for god sakes) and into suburban centers where rent is 1/3 of what they were paying. Margins are so thin in electronics so unless your controlling costs and have favorable leases, your going to be hurting when consumers start to cool..
CompUSA in Minneapolis closing also!
Okay so this is a shameless plug for my CompUSA in Minneapolis area, but work at the store in Bloomington for Apple and while they aren't at the 20% off prices that the signs saying there is a discount of 5% off the HW and 10% off the displays and software. It's sure to go up but they said they've got a lot of stuff new in box right now and so either wait till the go down more on the prices or get what you want now at the 5%-10% off now. Either way a deal is a deal!
Okay so this is a shameless plug for my CompUSA in Minneapolis area, but work at the store in Bloomington for Apple and while they aren't at the 20% off prices that the signs saying there is a discount of 5% off the HW and 10% off the displays and software. It's sure to go up but they said they've got a lot of stuff new in box right now and so either wait till the go down more on the prices or get what you want now at the 5%-10% off now. Either way a deal is a deal!