Published December 8th, 2007
in Interesting / Other.
They already closed half of the stores this past February, including the only local store in my area. Now CNN Money reports that after this holiday shopping is over CompUSA will close all of its remaining 103 stores in the US.
Dallas-based CompUSA has struggled for nearly a decade with falling prices on personal computers, its most important product, and competition from big-box retailers such as Best Buy.
This is bad news for CompUSA but good news for bargain hunters since the chain will likely run an aggressive store closing sales during this holiday shopping season to get rid of remaining inventory. Long term however this is not so good since it takes away some of the competition from the market.
Despite what others tell me, I can’t say I was very unhappy with CompUSA. They usually had a better variety of computer related products than CircuitCity and BestBuy and it is unfortunate that they haven’t been able to pull off.
Do you have a CompUSA in the area? Have you liked them?
Source: CompUSA to close all of its 103 stores from CNN Money
Published November 28th, 2007
in Shopping Bargains.
Update: Went out of stock while I was writing about it! Available for pick-up in store only. This holiday season is crazy!
I think I am going to get on this one. My 802-11b network at home needs an upgrade and I doubt I will find a better deal any time soon. This wireless router comes with a wireless PCI card for laptop, which is just what I need.
Another good thing about this particular offer is that you can apply for the rebate online at erebates.compusa.com. I hate mailing those receipts. Have to hurry though, this offer expires today, November 28, 2007!
Offer details
Linksys Wireless-G Network Kit for Notebooks (at CompUSA)
- Original price: $89.99
- Instant rebate: $40
- e-Rebate rebate: $45 (expires 11/28/07, details)
- Final price: $4.99
Tech specs
- Platform: PC
- Communication Type: Radio Frequency (RF) 2.4Ghz
- Wireless Protocol: 802.11b, 802.11g
- Encryption & Security: 256 bit WEP
- Maximum Data Rate: 54 Mbps
Published April 27th, 2007
in Shopping Bargains.
Update: Currently sold out for delivery. Check your local store for availability.
This is certainly not the best laptop out there but this is the cheapest I have seen. Get it from CompUSA today for just $336 after two mail in rebates. Free shipping. Offer expires tomorrow, April 28, 2007
Product description:
Intel Celeron M Processor 440, 1.86GHz, 512MB RAM, 80GB Hard Drive, 15.4-inch WXGA TFT Display, DVD / CD-RW Combo Drive, Windows Vista Home Basic
Source: discussion at FatWallet forums (via WiredDeals)
Published November 14th, 2006
in Shopping Bargains.
I am looking at the low-end Black Friday laptop offerings. My old IBM Thinkpad running 366MHz Intel Pentium II badly needs a replacement (yeah, I am that cheap ;-)). I will mainly use it for word processing, Internet browsing, and basic image editing (that pretty much sums up my midnight blogging :-)).
Here is a quick roundup of all promotions I have found around the forums and web sites. What do you think? I am leaning towards the Circuit City one since I don’t really need a 80GB hard drive. The only concern is the quality of these brands. I like my IBM laptop a lot, is Compaq going to be much worse?
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CompUSA
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Compaq Presario
AMD Sempron 3300+
15.4″ high-definition widescreen
CD & DVD reader/writer
512MB DDR2 memory
80GB hard drive
$399.99 (after $230 mail-in rebate)
$199.99 with Motorola RAZR ($29.99) and 1 year service
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Best Buy
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HP
Intel Centrino Technology
Core Solo T1350
15.4″ widescreen
CD & DVD reader/writer
512MB memory
80GB hard drive
$379.99 (no rebates)
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Toshiba Satellite
Intel Celeron M 420
533MHz FSB, 1.6GHz CPU
15.4″ widescreen
CD reader/writer & DVD reader
512MB memory
60GB hard drive
$249.99 (no rebates)
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Circuit City
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Compaq Presario
Intel Celeron M 420
15.4″ BrightView(TM) widescreen
CD & DVD reader/writer
512MB DDR RAM
60GB hard drive
free upgrade to Vista Basic
$299.99 (after $100 mail-in rebate)
$99 with 12 month Vonage subscription
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Staples
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Compaq Presario
Turion 64 Mobile Technology ML-28
15.4″ widescreen
CD reader/writer & DVD reader
512MB RAM
60GB hard drive
$399 (no rebates)
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All stores open November 24, 5am except Staples which opens 6am
Here is a relevant discussion at FatWallet
Update 11/21: added unadvertised Best Buy Toshiba laptop
Published November 14th, 2006
in Shopping Bargains.
Finally the real stuff starts to show up. BFAds.net — one of the Black Friday companies I mentioned earlier — has posted a full scan of CompUSA Black Friday ad.
Among other things the ad features a Compaq Presario notebook for $199 and a 23-inch LCD Flat Panel HD Ready TV for $99. Both require a purchase of Motorola RAZR phone ($29.99) with a new service plan.
Make a note of these bargains. The company had to remove the Best Buy ad scan that they posted previously.
With prices dropping to these levels this shopping season is promising to be a lot of fun!
