I wasn’t particularly saddened to see the closing of all CompUSA stores. I did enjoy walking around in them, checking out the latest technology. However, I never bought anything there. Everything was just too expensive. Even their fire-sale prices in the last days before closing their doors were higher than many sale prices at other stores.
I’d been on their e-mail list and received regular e-mails about the current week’s sales flyer, and when they closed, I figured the e-mails would simply stop. I was pleasantly surprised when they didn’t, though. Pleasantly surprised because suddenly, without the overhead of brick-and-mortar stores, the all-new CompUSA has some killer prices. For example, the Jawbone wireless Bluetooth headset retails for around $130. You sometimes see it go on sale at brick-and-mortar stores for around $100. The cheapest I’ve been able to find on-line at any mainstream, non-auction site is $65. CompUSA’s latest sales e-mail lists it for $59.99. This clearly isn’t the old store.
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