CompUSA

stroszekstroszek
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I just got back from CompUSA. I had to buy a battery for my phone, but I got sidetracked over by the Macs.



The Mac corner has been completely redone, new carpet, new machines, new layout, everything. Is this being done chain-wide? And if so, what do the rest of you think about it? Personally, I think the hardware presentation is a lot better, although the only LCD iMac wasn't really even in the Mac area, it was about 15 feet away, over by the cable modems and stuff (i think that's what was on that aisle). There were a hell of a lot of CRT iMacs though.



What really bothered me though was that there is less software than before. A lot less, it seems. What's up with that?

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    i like macsi like macs Posts: 71member
    i dont by from compusa they charged me for a CDRW Cube and gave me a DVDROM Cube, that had no software on it (including OS) and no cd's came with it
  • Reply 2 of 8
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    CompUSA's changed a little bit recently. At least by me, now the iBooks and TiBooks are in the back of the Apple section probably so less people will destroy them. The software section seems to have the same amount of stuff. What still upsets me about them is that the Pro Mouse and Keyboard is $69 there and always has been.
  • Reply 3 of 8
    stroszekstroszek Posts: 801member
    [quote]Originally posted by I like Macs:

    <strong>i dont by from compusa...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Generally, I don't either. But I really needed that battery, and everywhere else I went didn't carry it.



    I don't know EmAn, the software seemd kind of sparse. maybe it is because it was broken up into a games section and productivity section (i think that's what it was called). but they didn't even have illustrator, and no place on the shelf for it either. that seemed odd to me.



    But they did have a sh!tload of applecare boxes.



    btw. this was the first time i had ever seen a cinema display in person. : drool :



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  • Reply 4 of 8
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    I don't think its an apple store thing. It seems CompUSAs themselves have been remodeled. Some for the better, some for the worse.



    Software selection sucks. sucks a lot. and the employees are horrible. it hurts me to listen to them sometimes
  • Reply 5 of 8
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by applenut:

    <strong>

    Software selection sucks. sucks a lot. and the employees are horrible. it hurts me to listen to them sometimes</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yep. The only time in the past year or so I've seen a salesman talking to customers in the Mac section are when the Apple Rep is sometimes at the Palisades CompUSA.
  • Reply 6 of 8
    stroszekstroszek Posts: 801member
    [quote]Originally posted by EmAn:

    <strong>



    Yep. The only time in the past year or so I've seen a salesman talking to customers in the Mac section are when the Apple Rep is sometimes at the Palisades CompUSA.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    You've seen salespeople talking to customers int eh mac section?! I've never even seen a salesperson in the mac section.
  • Reply 7 of 8
    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    [quote]Originally posted by applenut:

    <strong>I it hurts me to listen to them sometimes</strong><hr></blockquote>



    The CompUSA people may be bad but the worst sales pitch I've ever heard was at Sears. Way back in'93 or '94 when the first Performas were being at Sears, I heard a sales person talking about the new computers with 66MHZ harddrives. What a laugh I got out of that. What's even funnier was I saw the same sales person trying to sell a washer 30 minutes later.

    <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 8 of 8
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by Stroszek:

    <strong>



    You've seen salespeople talking to customers int eh mac section?! I've never even seen a salesperson in the mac section.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Well like I said, it was an Apple Rep.
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