[Leaplist] Bye bye CompUSA

[John Kramer]

My feelings on CompUSA's demise are running a little different than the rest
here.  Note that I'm not disagreeing with any of the points raised against
CompUSA...

I can remember when I and a friend found a little retail store tucked back
in the corner of strip mall that was selling primarily software at
discounted prices. The store was packed and everything was a deal. That
store was the original Softwarehouse in Addison, TX.

The founders of Softwarehouse provided real value to their customers and
never had a problem meeting their sales numbers. From my perspective at
least, they started the discount computer business. 

Too bad that following management couldn't keep the original values alive.
They really blew it.

It's also too bad that there is now a little less competitive pressure...

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: [Leaplist] Bye bye CompUSA

Damien McKenna wrote:
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/08/BU3ETQI3S.DTL
> Wow.
> 

What do you expect from restocking fees, 'rebates' that don't, and
expensive little components or cables that are 20 to 100 times more than
any other source charges?

The end for CompUSA is a lesson in marketing.  Either adopt the new
technology, or die!

No GNU/Linux or BSD retail box sets offered in at least four years, and
everything else was over priced!

I wager that if there any intelligent life forms at BestBuy, Office
Depot, Office Max, Staples, Circuit City, it is observing and changing
to be more consumer friendly.

Consumers have been seen as the enemy, by Microsoft, and as a cash cow
by greedy corporate moguls, and this failure of CompUSA is simply
another warning to the rest!
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