[TriLUG] CompUSA skinny

William Sutton william at trilug.org
Sat Mar 24 22:05:30 EDT 2007


I was just in today...still 30% off, and that's mostly cables and 
software.  The good stuff (lcd screens, laptops, etc) is 5-15% off or $50 
off.  Even in going out of business they're no fun...

-- 
William Sutton


On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Steve Litt wrote:

> What a ripoff!
> 
> SteveT
> 
> On Friday 23 March 2007 16:16, P. Steven Lorenz wrote:
> > I heard they are at 30% now...
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > Matthew Opoka wrote:
> > > Does anyone know if the discounts are any better now?  I was thinking
> > > about taking a look around.
> > >
> > > Matthew
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > From: Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com>
> > > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2007 11:59:19 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] CompUSA skinny
> > >
> > > On Friday 02 March 2007 22:00, Matt Nash wrote:
> > >> Magnus wrote:
> > >>> Matt Nash wrote:
> > >>>> I got a big $15 off of a $150 scanner, and $5 off a wired print
> > >>>> server.
> > >>>
> > >>> Have they put a "no returns" policy in place yet?
> > >>
> > >> oh, yes.  No returns, no exchanges.  They have to break the shrinkwrap
> > >> at the register so they can mark through the UPC.
> > >
> > > That's not worth a 10% discount IMHO. I'd go for no returns, no
> > > exchanges, to get a $400.00 computer for $40.00, but certainly not for
> > > $360.00. If one shopped these going out of business sales often, the few
> > > 90% boat anchors would more than offset the 10% discounts.
> > >
> > > SteveT
> > >
> > > Steve Litt
> > > Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware
> > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/
> 



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