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[edit] "We Had it, We Lost It?"

Under the slogans section is the slogan "We Had It, We Lost It" which I don't believe to be accurate but I thought I'd post here just for clarification.

It used to be "We got it. We get it." I reverted the line to that. Psyno 20:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Miami locations CLARIFICATION

Here you go, Centric .. Proof of THREE CompUSA stores in Miami-Dade County area.

http://www.compusa.com/locations/closing_stores.asp

Miami - The Falls CompUSA Superstore STORE CLOSED, DEAD, NO PHONE, SORRY. Store # 627 8851 S.W. 136th Street Miami, FL 33176-5816 --

http://www.compusa.com/locations/store.asp?type=&state=FL

Miami CompUSA Superstore (305) 620-1800 Store # 311 900 Park Centre Blvd. #400 Miami, FL 33169

Dadeland CompUSA Superstore (305) 670-5030 Store # 615 7440 North Kendall Drive Miami, FL 33156 --

Don't let the postal addresses fool you, none of these are located in within Miami city limits but they are all COMFORTABLY within _Miami-Dade County_.. not Broward County.. not "Pembroke Pines", etc., and if you have a dispute with THAT assertion, I HOPE you check your facts this time. ps. use a map. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.34.98.154 (talk) 09:47, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

You know what? You're absolutely right, and you didn't have to engage in the sarcasm and mockery to get the point across. I re-checked the website, verified your data, and it's good. NOW, you seriously need to tone down the combativeness. ps. Register an account! Because of all the recent vandalism, (yes, there HAS been deliberate vandalism of this article, mostly by disgruntled employees who feel as though Carlos Slim and Roman Ross have left them out in the wind!) ALL unregistered and new account changes to this article are being called to question. That's NOT to say that there aren't good edits (like yours, again I eat crow!) coming in, however the bad edits are outnumbering the good on this one as of late.
In short, you were right, I was wrong, and the info has been dialed in. Edit Centric (talk) 10:40, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
PostScript - You wanna know where I screwed up? I missed the Dadeland store when checking their list of stores in FL... Edit Centric (talk) 11:37, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] copyrighted summary removed

removed "CompUSA, Inc. is one of the nation's leading retailers and resellers of technology products and services. CompUSA offers its customers complete lifestyle solutions, blending expertise in technology and home entertainment for a one-stop shopping experience. CompUSA currently operates 100 CompUSA Superstores in over 90 major metropolitan markets across the United States and Puerto Rico that serve retail, small-to-medium businesses, corporate, government and education customers and includes technical service departments. Many of the stores include classroom-training facilities." from article since it is a direct copy from Compusa's About page.

[edit] Added "CompUSA Network" Info

I added some more information on the loyalty program, straight from somebody who's been at CompUSA for three years. Sentences may need some grammar cleanup as I'm not too good with these things. Gangis 03:53, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

I updated the info on this sub-topic, as an employee of the company for over 3 years. This is the most current info that I have in my e-mails, however as things change and the program is brought back on-line, I will update the page again. Thanks! 198.22.121.110 15:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

The CompUSA Network program will not be re-instated. Don't ask me how I know this, I just do. The memo came down this morning. Edit Centric 00:56, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Added closures to timeline

I've worked for them for two years and we just got a company e-mail on Thursday, August 3rd, that announced that 15 more stores are being closed all across the country, including a bunch in the state I live.

Here is the article to prove it: Dallas Morning News

We're scared to death in the store we're in. User:Tabascoman77 04:29, 5 August 2006

They're definitely closing stores in California. I was driving by a local CompUSA in San Jose this afternoon and saw a "Total Liquidation Blowout" banner on top of it. I went in because I'm planning to get some more computer stuff soon. The people working there looked quite glum. I don't know what's happening in Texas, but in California, there are too many electronics/computer stores in Silicon Valley; we have a lot of Fry's Electronics, Best Buy, and Circuit City stores. --Coolcaesar 04:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
I actually just quit CompUSA after two years. I'm not working for them anymore. I've had it. Their management sucks, their methods leave much to be desired, and they're losing workers (not to mention loads of cash) by the dozen. I live in San Jose, too, just down the street from the now-defunct Steven's Creek location. To be honest, I don't think the company will be alive much longer. The death of the Network for Business program is yet another sign that CompUSA is a fledgling company. I am GLAD to get out, lemme tell you.

--TabascoMan77 01:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed Carlos Slim in article

Removed "After months of bad news from CompUSA, Carlos Slim visits the CompUSA headquarters for nearly a month, revamping nearly the entire upper level management team, and setting new guidelines for the store to follow." It was edited to state that he visited the corporate headquarters and helped remove Tony Weiss. The link that was used to cite this said nothing about Slim or him revamping. 198.22.121.110 23:34, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fixed punctuation and sentence structure in timeline

Fixed the line about 15 stores closing in 2006, removing two commas and adjusting the sentence structure. tabascoman77 05:05, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed "Bankrupty" section

Pure speculation, and personal opinion. Section was not backed up with any sources or facts

[edit] 126 Store Closings

Has anyone been able to find an article or publication stating the list of 126 stores to be closed? Denki 13:49, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I have corrected the closings info for this article. The closing stores' inventory has NOT been purchased by Gordon Brothers, CompUSA has instead elected to retain the inventory while Gordon Brothers acts as liquidation facilitator. Edit Centric 00:52, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I live on Long Island, and I got word from an employee that all LI locations were closing. I added the info into the article. I also learned of the reason. - PGSONIC 20:00, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I realize it's a quote from the CEO, but "... need to close and sell stores with low performance or non strategic, old store layouts and locations faced with market saturation" is pure, corporate BS. They opened a ground-up store in Oak Brook, Ill. last year and closed it just before the rest of the Illinois stores were all placed on the liquidation block. This ground-up store replaced an older, run-down location not even a mile away -- there's no way the new location was closed because of market saturation. If that was the case, how could it have been approved and constructed? Rather, it seems the CEO quote is a smoke and mirrors statement that really says "we can't compete."--Chriseaves 20:00, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

The list of closed stores is on their website http://www.compusa.com/locations/closing_stores.asp
--Brienmalone 19:28, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

And how long before they close up entirely, or at least, the 56 that are rumored to close by the end of 2007? And with Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia (all big cities) and a whole mess of California stores having not been spared, will the other remaining big cities (especially New York City) be targeted for liquidation by year's end? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.2.60.97 (talk) 19:45, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Looks like I guessed right on 9/11/07. When the Wiz closed entirely in 2003, everyone, including their long-time employees, were out on their ass. No severance packages of any kind, last I heard. CompUSA had better give their long-time employees, especially their top salesmen, generous packages when they turn out the lights. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CookyMonzta (talk • contribs) 18:18, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

As far as I'm hearing, no word has come down from corporate as far as severence, timetables for layoffs, etc. Things are still running as normal as of this weekend (to include ad sets), but basic operations will more than likely change hands beginning early next week. - Effedup (talk) 00:01, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
As a person who works at CompUSA, I know that employee purchases end this Tuesday, liquidation starts after the holidays (which ends January 1st in CompUSA's eyes). Nobody knows of anything in regards to layoffs or severance pays as of yet. All I know is, I'm going to be one of the first to be laid off. —TRAiNER4 (talk • contrib) 03:06, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

The statement that sll Bay Area stores outside of San Francisco had closed early in 2007 is inaccurate. The Emeryville store is still open (though apparently doomed) as of late December. Jzitt (talk) 08:58, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Impact of "Fry's Electronics" on "CompUSA"

I didn't see this mentioned but I know for a fact that Fry's Electronics devastated a number of CompUSA locations around the country. One CompUSA in CA that was completely swamped on the weekends, became a ghost-town when a Fry's Electronics opened nearby. One of the problems with CompUSA was the horrible customer service. If they had maintained a strong customer service before Fry's Electronics opened locations nationwide, they would have been able to maintain a portion of their customer base. I recall that anytime I placed a call to get a hold of ANYONE at a CompUSA store, NO ONE would EVER answer. The phones would either just ring and ring or go to voicemail. Contrast that with Fry's Electronics excellent customer service and low prices, I saw the demise of CompUSA years ago. If anyone has any interest in including the impact of Fry's on CompUSA, please add it to the article. Jtpaladin 20:53, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I've never had a real problem with CompUSA as a customer. I've read about customer complaints in Reselleratings.com on their store. But I've never had any bad experience with them. I had a CRT monitor back in the day, which was broken, and they replaced it with no problems. Their reps were very nice and helpful. They also had a service where they clean the dust inside your computer. The only thing that was annoying was that their technicians kept bugging me about switching to AOL when I was trying to get my computer fixed (a USB cord was stuck to a USB port). I already had AOL dial-up back then. This was way before I got broadband. We have a Best Buy and Circuit City nearby but I only buy DVDs, video games, ITunes card, and some electronic equipment (HDTV, digital camcorder, and digital camera). I build my own gaming computers. We don't have a Fry near where we live. But I don't think I'll do any online business with them. Even though CompUSA has low ratings at Resellerratings.com, Fry's also has low ratings. The only online Computer stores I'm doing business with is Newegg, Performance-PCS, and Crazy PC. --Pilot expert 01:50, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Added [verification needed] to eviction section.

The sources cited for the eviction notice do not verify the information given, they simply refer to the Washington County, MN courthouse website. I attempted to locate online records to verify the information, but was unable to do so. BShiplet 22:11, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

There have been a couple of edits recently that serve to confirm CompUSA's presence (or prior presence) at the facility in question. The [verification needed] tags are there because the remarks regarding eviction cannot be verified through the given sources. BShiplet (talk) 05:06, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


I have added a reference to Robert Muir leasing plans showing CompUSA in Woodbury. TerryWood02 (talk) 00:56, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed "Current Rumors" Section

Any discussion of rumors belongs on the discussion page of the article. Only verifiable facts belong within the article itself.

Further information: Wikipedia:Verifiability
Further information: Wikipedia:Check_your_facts
Further information: Wikipedia:Common_knowledge

BShiplet (talk) 01:15, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Updated "Slogans" Section

Changed ""We got it. We get it." (July 2005 - present)" to "We got it. We get it." (July 2005 - Sept 2006)". Sept 2006 is when the "We got it. We get it." tag was removed from the website. Since then, all business cards, bags, and other materials have been produced with the CompUSA logo, but without a tagline of any sort. Verification can be seen on the Internet Archive. BShiplet (talk) 01:15, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Although this may be true, my name tag (which was issued to me back early October) says "We got it. We get it." It's still used in random places... Like some, not all, CompUSA branded merchandise. —TRAiNER4 (talk • contrib) 02:01, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
That will continue to be the case since it would be prohibitively expensive to destroy and replace everything with the "WGI" logo on it. Case in point: I work at the Corporate Office (in Store Planning AKA the "Store Presentation" team) and have (old) business cards with the very old "The Technology Superstore" slogan on it. Had my title and other info not changed, I'd still be using those. Officially though, "We got it!" is no longer the slogan and tag-line slogans in general have fallen into disuse to prevent this very issue from cropping up in the future. The slogan has been replaced with "1-800-COMPUSA" on the English language website's logo and "Puerto Rico" on the Puerto Rico website. BShiplet (talk) 02:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed "Bankruptcy" from Timeline

Neither long-time corporate team members (15+ years), nor a search of Google could confirm any bankruptcy proceedings for CompUSA. Please provide a reliable source if re-adding it to the page. BShiplet (talk) 14:55, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request to remove uncited/unverifiable rumors

{{editprotected}} Please remove the "Current Rumors" section as it contains information that cannot be verified through a reliable source. Discussion regarding the appropriateness of this content should take place here on the talk page, but inclusion of the material on the main page is questionable unless it is cited. BShiplet (talk) 17:31, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Y Done. WP:V is not optional. For reference, what follows is the removed, unsourced material. Sandstein (talk) 23:24, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
  • 2007 - Internal rumors (confirmed by upper-middle management) floating around that CompUSA as a whole is to close after the holiday season.
  • 2007 - Rumors surface of up to 20 stores being bought out by Tiger Direct as other rumors state that the Technical Services department will be bought out across the country by Circuit City. By chance, the EVP of Circuit City's Technical Services "FireDog" is ran by former CompUSA Tech Services President Carin Falconer. Company's employees await "Big Announcement" slated for Friday, December 7, 2007.
Note that the closure is official, as reliable news sources started putting out articles about half an hour ago. Please see Yahoo news entry. [1] --SesameballTalk 00:35, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] All stores closing

I am a CompUSA employee and yes all stores are closing. All Apple products will still be serviced by apple, but nothing has been said one way or the other about the "TAP" plans that have been sold. As of Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007 all CompUSA will be under Gordan Brothers control. Please remember that all sales will be final. I have to find a new job now! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.47.54.26 (talk) 03:34, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Liquidations begin January 1st, until then, it's business as usual people. How do I know? I'm an employee. And yes, there will be mass layoffs, but it's expected. —TRAiNER4 (talk • contrib) 05:03, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
At my store Liquidators and Extra security are on site already. I don't think there's been any real change in operations at this point, outside of much higher traffic flow as people scramble to get parts and upgrades before they're picked clean. I'm sure there's a timeline as far as the liquidation process, but none of that has been released to the individual stores as far as I know.- Effedup (talk) 16:50, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Liquidation sales started on Wednesday, folks. Here's the track record, for all current employees who are wondering; Our (Modesto) sale started on 01 March, 2007. The store closed on 14 May. The clean-up and securing of the building (final exodus) was done, and the space was shuttered on 18 May, 2007. That's 2 and 1/2 months, and from what our liquidator told us,

that's about the average. So if this round figures the same way, all stores SHOULD be closed by no later than the end of February. Sorry... Edit Centric (talk) 08:41, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

I have just manually reverted another "soapbox edit" that deliberately interfered with signed comments on THIS page. To the user that insists on vandalising these pages; PLEASE CEASE AND DESIST. Your continued vandalism is neither productive, nor does it do anything in terms of article improvement. I have personally given you an avenue by which to vent and discuss your feelings regarding the closings, by e-mailing or messaging me directly. For Christ's sake, please utilize that, instead of digging yourself a hole here in article and talk space... Edit Centric (talk) 21:40, 16 December 2007 (UTC)


I am also a CompUSA employee and can verify this previous statment to be true, there are also many articles for reliable sources such as the washington post citing this to be true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.252.184.61 (talk) 04:06, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

{{editprotected}} Please add comments about all stores being bought by gordan brothers, the liquidator of last years closing, for liquidation and final sale. Reference: [2]. TerryWood02 (talk) 00:59, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] kicking the bucket.

a few employees on the talk page say compusa is closing, and so does the WSJ....


The actual remaining stores will be starting their liquidations around the week of December 9 until December 15. Yet most managers of these remaning stores had ask some of their Team Members to place tags on Wenesday. There is still no accurate information but this is coming directly from the stores. Message from an anomynous sales person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.22.121.110 (talk) 23:16, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why is this article protected?

The press is reporting that all CompUSA stores are closing, but no one can add this information to the article because it is protected from editing. I strongly suggest that edit protection be removed immediately. --JHP (talk) 07:18, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

  • It's only protected from anonymous/non-login'ed folks from editing. If you have an account, you can edit it. It's probably that way because there's so many people online who are saying that they should have gone under years ago. --Drmike (talk) 21:56, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Well it was WAY protected where no one, except an admin could edit it. That was part of the problem. But I do think a semi-protect is appropriate for the moment. --Hourick (talk) 22:30, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CompUSA will close

According to a CNN Money article posted on December 7th, all CompUSA stores will be closed.

This is not true. The press release of Gordon Brothers' acquisition of CompUSA was released December 7th. —TRAiNER4 (talk • contrib) 01:30, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Umm Trainer4, yes it's true. I was just down to the Fresno store and spoke to the guy from Gordon Brothers yesterday. Both the C-Net and CNN articles were posted as of the 7th of this month. Hate to tell you this, but we saw it coming down the pipe last May, when MY store in Modesto closed. (I was the ICC/Loss Prevention for that store.) It was while driving the liquidator to the airport that we discussed this, he hinted that it "wasn't over yet".
Not only will the 103 stores close, but the business and on-line will be sold as well. Edit Centric (talk) 08:33, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Doing some further research and checking, there IS the possibility that a few stores will be sold, instead of closing. Does this mean that they will still bear the CompUSA name? Couldn't say at this point. I'm waiting for a call back from GBG this afternoon, and I'll ask. The MAIN purpose of the call is to find out where W-2's are coming from next month! I suspect that this is a detail note that most have not even thought about! Edit Centric (talk) 20:56, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mexican or French

How and where did I hear they were French? I'm reading just now they are Mexican? I swear they were French. Anyone every know of a time when they were French? I swear they were. 71.117.141.145 (talk) 10:38, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Article source:

http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/07/technology/compusa.ap/index.htm?postversion=2007120719 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.85.65.37 (talk) 06:22, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Founding date?

Why does the article say 1983, and the info box says 1984? 162.136.192.1 (talk) 21:47, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Issue solved. 1984 is the correct year. Edit Centric (talk) 07:04, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Previous Closings

According to the CompUSA website, only TWO locations in Florida were closed. I will check the source citation that Joedamadman added, the way in which it was added was in error, and resulted in an edit screen for the article... Edit Centric (talk) 03:50, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Nope. Bad source citation, revert is justified. Edit Centric (talk) 03:54, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
I would like to apologize for that mistake. I accidentally copied the URL from the 'Edit Page' rather than the source. The correct site is here: CompUSA to lay off 150. Also i know for a fact that the Deerfield Beach store is closing. I have some insider info that some other major chains are looking to take over the location. Joedamadman (talk) 04:36, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Okay, but that has nothing to do with the PREVIOUS round of closures, which that section refers to. The business journal article is speaking to the CURRENT company-wide wind-down. As for the Deerfield Beach store closing, almost ALL remaining stores are closing, so I think we'd be better served to just wait until this whole thing pans out, and see what becomes of CompUSA... Edit Centric (talk) 04:41, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry again, I had to revert my edit. Problem Fixed. Joedamadman (talk) 04:55, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
No prob, just need to place the info in the appropriate section of the article, that's all. As to the "150", I don't know about that figure. CompUSA currently has 17 stores in Florida. If you figure that each store has about 5 managers, at least 3 warehouse people, at least 1 merchandiser, 6 cashiers, (this is starting to sound like the 12 days of Christmas!) three techs, 2 service writers and at least 10 floor sales people, you're looking at about 27 to 30 people per store, or at least 510 people throughout all of the Florida stores. If ALL 17 stores end up closing, I'll bet ANYONE a free lunch that there will be a LOT more than 150 people going from CompUSA to the state unemployment rolls... Edit Centric (talk) 05:29, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Okay, just read the article, and the 150 is over three stores. Sounds about right. Edit Centric (talk) 05:33, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Insider Information and Unsourced Claims

ALL EDITORS - Please do NOT add anything to this article that:

1) Is "insider" information. I realise that a number of Wikipedians also work for CompUSA as I did, however this flies in the face of, and is a violation of WP:NOR.
2) Cannot be sourced. Again, WP:NOR.
3) Is a personal opinion, editorial, rant or vent against the company, its owner(s) or its management. This type of edit will be considered sheer vandalism, and will get you banned, PERIOD. There is more than enough evidence of recent vandalism to this article by disgruntled employees to back this last point up. Aside from that, it's a violation of WP:POV.

Our main focus here should be preserving the encyclopedic integrity of the article, as the subject of which progresses through it's closing stages. Verify, source and, most importantly, PREVIEW your edits before you post them, so as to ensure accuracy and error-correction. Edit Centric (talk) 04:51, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Previous closings section, macro-edit

Looking through the entire article, it seems to me that the section dealing with the initial round of closures is a bit inflated. Do we REALLY need to name most of the store locations that were closed, especially since the REST of them will be closing soon? Look at the Egghead Software article, for instance. Granted, CompUSA is a bit larger, however is destined to follow the same route. What I'm proposing is that we SUMMARIZE the section, and re-work it once the rest of the stores are gone... Edit Centric (talk) 22:58, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Agree. I think a short summary would serve the purpose much better than what's in there currently. It seems like too much information that will all become rapidly irrelevant. Snowfire51 (talk) 23:07, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
Absolutely! For one, it would eliminate the mini-pi&^ing-contests over such minutia like how many stores there are in an area. (Again, I apologise for that, I missed one listing when I was looking through the corp website, may have had something to do with the fact that I also had a four-yr-old tugging at my sleeve, begging to play with her train set...) Another concern is getting this article up to at least GA status, and keeping it there, while still being informative, yet avoiding conflicts with WP:NOT#INDISCRIMINATE. It's a balancing act, I know. But it CAN be done, it's been done before. Edit Centric (talk) 23:14, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
Oh yes, and I just KNOW that someone is going to point to the previous section here, and say; "How 'bout following your own advice there, sarge!" Yes, yes. I know. 30 lashes with the cat-o-nine modem cables for me... Edit Centric (talk) 23:17, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
Agree. Listing the stores that are open is far too much information and not terribly useful, especially considering that all stores will be closed soon. Quacks Like a Duck (talk) 14:34, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, it's a done deal. The section has been pared down, the closings summarized. Give it a look-see, and if it can be worded a bit better, go ahead on! :-D Edit Centric (talk) 18:13, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Timeline Information

There have been two items commented out of the timeline section, due to missing source information. If someone can provide a reliable third-party source citation for these items, please do so, and uncomment. The edits are still there, just need to remove the comments, wakkas and dashes, and add sources. Edit Centric (talk) 20:09, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Incorrect closure dates (or poor wording)

The article incorrectly states that "The liquidation process was completed on May 14, 2007, and all stores were completely shuttered by the following Friday." I know FOR A FACT that this date is incorrect because I purchased items from my local CompUSA retail store as late as DECEMBER 2007! Should this error be fixed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.231.102.222 (talk) 19:40, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

It's poor wording... this is in reference to the first 126 stores that were closed back in May, not the remaining stores that are closing now... —TRAiNER4 (talk • contrib) 23:57, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Pardon me, Trainer4? It's not that it's poor wording (I wrote it!), the problem is that when that section was written, the remaining stores were still assumed to be staying open. Now the section needs to be re-tooled a bit, to bring it in line with the current situation. When read in the proper context, it works. The problem is that the context doesn't fit anymore. So, instead of simply stating, "oh, that's poor wording", let's re-tool the section... Edit Centric (talk) 00:06, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What's Important NOW

One of the items that perhaps got overlooked was Systemax's plan to integrate the remaining stores into it's TigerDirect brand operations. We need to dig up some more info on that, as it could affect some changes in the way the article is written... Edit Centric (talk) 01:40, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

The plan, according to an article in PC Retailer=[3]the plan is to keep the CompUSA brand for the existing 16 stores, and rebrand its 11 TigerDirect stores plus three under construction, as CompUSA; so in that sense, it could be said that Systemax will integrate its TigerDirect brand into CompUSA, rather than CompUSA into TigerDirect; but, perhaps it's a matter of semantics . . .

--JWMcCalvin (talk) 07:39, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Added information about the purchase, re-opening of 16 stores as well as the rebranding of the 12 Tiger Direct stores. Please edit and expand as needed, thanks. Gangis (talk) 21:29, 27 February 2008 (UTC)