http://disneybear.disqus.com/musings from a Peter Pan mind!enSat, 10 Mar 2007 10:46:33 -0000http://disneybear.com/2007/03/10/my-compusa-store-is-closing/#comment-3054614<p>I just liked the fact that I could look the latest stuff up close. I do like MicroCenter, but it is too far away and hard to get to when you need something more than just a cable.</p>DisneybearSat, 10 Mar 2007 10:46:33 -0000http://disneybear.com/2007/03/10/my-compusa-store-is-closing/#comment-3054615<p>Yes, and with the “sales” CompUSA prices are only ridiculous, not obscene. The truth is CompUSA was only good for browsing or emergency situations, never for shopping. At CompUSA a FireWire cable for $4o while two blocks away at Target the same, along with two adapters, for $16.</p><p>Also at Target/BestBuy/Walmart/Circuit City I don’t expect the clerks to have a clue, at CompUSA they pretended to. The number of bizarre, inaccurate, heck flat-out-wrong (not to mention occasionally actively deceptive) statements I’ve heard from CompUSA drones is extraordinary. I wouldn’t trust ‘em for the day of the week.</p><p>Anyway, for local purchases there’s still MicroCenter over in Cambridge. They’ve got the decent deal every so often and their staff is about 10% cluefull. For non-immediate purchases I rely on <a href="http://www.dealnews.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.dealnews.com/">DealNews.com</a>, which keeps me up on NewEgg &amp; other’s deals.</p><p><i>ps for those looking for closeout deals at CompUSA don’t hope for much. The closing stores were sold to a liquidator the day they were announced and the liquidator plans is to sell their contents as lots in a few weeks. Right now they’re just taking advantage of the public interest to move some still overpriced merchandise.</i></p>Michael MaggardSat, 10 Mar 2007 09:53:33 -0000