[lug] CompUSA replacement in Boulder area?
Steve A Hart
Shart at colorado.edu
Tue Apr 1 08:34:50 MDT 2008
I'll 2nd that about Fry's!
A local Fry's would blow away BestBuy or Circuit City easily.
Until then I'm sticking with newegg.
Steve
Nate Duehr wrote:
> Steve A Hart wrote:
>> Dear god...you actually buy from Best Buy and Circuit City?!?!?!
>>
>> We buy almost exclusively from www.newegg.com
>
> They're quite addictive, and if you pay for the fast shipping, amazingly
> fast.
>
> I figure for MOST projects if I can't plan three days ahead (worst case)
> I probably shouldn't be slapping together the project that fast
> anyway... but I do understand the need for spare parts available locally
> when something dies, too.
>
> Just bring a Fry's to Denver or Boulder somewhere and I'd be happy.
> CompUSA can continue to go under (even though I'm seeing rumors about
> the "new" CompUSA?) for all I care... it's not THAT far to MicroCenter,
> even from Boulder... on a weekend day when the I-25 traffic isn't
> maddening.
>
> You'll pay more in gas round-trip from Boulder to Microcenter than
> Newegg will charge for shipping, though. Understand that too.
>
> Nate
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