it's bad news for those of us who want to look under the hood. so many people just want to go to a store, buy a pre-configured system, and just use it out the box. little in the way of tweaking, which is how stores like Wal-Mart and Best Buy make their dough: they sell you big packages includeing PC, monitor, printer, etc, but they're not always the best product available, or the best deal. that's why i'll miss CompUSA. And yeah: i once had Best Buy do some work on my PC, and it took days and was expensive, while at least the CompUSA folks were dedicated to the job.
-------------- Original message -------------- From: Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well this is is really bad news. There¹s no other Apple specialist in the area except the Apple Store. I don¹t know if you¹ve ever tried to get a Mac serviced at an Apple Store, but I don¹t think there is a collection of people who know less about Macs than people who work at the Apple store. CompUSA has always turned my repairs and upgrades around quickly and it¹s the only place I actually get the value of buying a service plan. This is really bad news. BUT...that¹s gonna be one helluva sale. I¹ve wanted to get one of those Apple Cinema monitors for a while. On 12/9/07 7:41 AM, "Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > This kinda surprises me. > > To the best of my knowledge, there's only a handful of these stores in Metro > Atlanta, but the two that I frequent are always bustling. I'm feeling less > competition here and more willingness to firm up the bottom line. So what if > it puts a few thousand innocent souls on the street? > > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com> > wrote: Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- > CompUSA, the computer retailer that Mexican > billionaire Carlos Slim owned since 2000, will shut its doors after 23 > years, succumbing to competition from Best Buy Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. > > Restructuring firm Gordon Brothers Group LLC bought the chain for an > undisclosed sum and will sell or close its 103 stores after the U.S. > holidays, CompUSA said yesterday. The 67- year-old Slim, Latin America's > richest man, failed to turn around CompUSA after investing more than > $1.5 billion in the chain over eight years. > > ``An orderly and expedited wind-down and asset sale process is the best > option for CompUSA and its creditors at this juncture,'' Bill Weinstein, > a principal at Gordon Brothers, said in a statement. Weinstein will > serve as interim president of CompUSA. > > Founded in 1984, CompUSA focuses on computer-related products for small > companies and individuals. The chain, acquired by Slim in 2000, shut > more than half of its stores earlier this year. > > CompUSA was a unit of Slim's U.S. Commercial Corp. SA, which had sales > last year of 37.8 billion pesos ($3.5 billion). > > Richfield, Minnesota-based Best Buy, the biggest U.S. consumer > electronics retailer, had revenue of $35.9 billion last year. No. 2 > Circuit City Stores Inc. had sales of $12.4 billion. > > Boston-based Gordon Brothers' DJM unit helped Discovery Channel Stores, > Bombay Co. and Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. sell properties. It plans to sell > CompUSA's TechPro technical services division and CompUSA.com as well. > > CompUSA will discount items this month to get rid of inventory, Alex > Stanton, spokesman for Gordon Brothers, said in an interview. He > declined to comment further. > > Arturo Elias, a spokesman for Slim, didn't return a call seeking comment. > > 23-Year History > > CompUSA was founded as Soft Warehouse in Dallas in 1984 by Mike > Henochowicz and Errol Jacobson. The chain opened its first retail store > in 1985 and the company changed its name to CompUSA in 1991. > > In 2000, Slim's Grupo Sanborns SA agreed to purchase the company for > $797.7 million after holding a 14 percent stake since 1999. Slim > invested at least $700 million more in recent years to shore up the > retailer's finances. > > Slim is honorary chairman of Telefonos de Mexico SAB, which runs 90 > percent of Mexico's 20 million telephone land lines. In 2003, he tried > and failed to buy Richmond, Virginia-based Circuit City for $1.5 billion. > > Slim hired Credit Suisse Group last year to put CompUSA up for sale. > Earlier this year, he said he would sell the chain ``if anyone will buy > it.'' > > ``We made a mistake with management,'' Slim said at a news conference in > Mexico City in March. > > Law firms Cooley Godward Kronish LLP and Kelley Drye & Warren LLP were > hired to represent creditors and landlords, CompUSA said. > > To contact the reporter on this story: Joseph Galante in New York at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:jgalante3%40bloomberg.net> . > Last Updated: December 8, 2007 00:24 EST > http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aomuLvfkNzTY&refer=home > <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aomuLvfkNzTY&refe > r=home> > > Yahoo! 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