[Leaplist] Bye bye CompUSA

[Danny W. Burdick]

At least they weren't being charged under the Rico act for conspiracy 
with Microsoft
like Best Buy...

http://tech.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1302757.php/RICO_Act_ruling_overturned_%96_Microsoft_and_Best_Buy_to_face_trial

I remember CompUSA as the only place to buy Linux on a shelf retail
I personally purchased
Mandrake 8
Freebsd 4.1
Suse 9
and Redhat 5.2 waaaay back when....

Always liked CompUSA



John Kramer wrote:
> 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-----
> From: leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org [mailto:leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org] On
> Behalf Of patrick
> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 9:13 AM
> To: This is the Leap Main List
> 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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