[mdlug] OT: CompUSA, R.I.P.

Peter Bart peter at petertheplumber.net
Sun Dec 9 09:45:55 EST 2007


On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 23:58 -0500, Dave Arbogast wrote:
> 
> Garry Stahl wrote:
> 
> >Jeff Hanson wrote:
<snip>
> >
> I also found this to be true... It reminds me of the churn in the 
> building supply market - Each new company did better than the sole 
> competitor before it -  HQ / Builders Square / Home Depot / Lowes ?  
> When CompUSA started, there was to local Microcenter.... who will come 
> along after CompUSA is gone to compete with Microcenter ?

	I should also point out the tremendous slide in the quality of the
materials available at the stores in your example as well as a
(corresponding) slide in the availability of qualified help.

Best Regards,
-- 
Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net>
http://petertheplumber.net




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