Yeah, for a number of years the CircuitCIty and CompUSA websites were basically exact copies of the TigerDirect site, with different logos. I never quite understood the reason for resurrecting those names. I think they may have re-opened some of the retail stores when they acquired the assets (maybe under the tigerdirect name?), but other than that, I'm not quite sure what they got out of it.
I suppose the $68 million operating loss for 2015 was the reason they could only get $14 million.... it's still is kind of amazing when you consider that 15 years ago, they were much more well known than a lot of other online retailers that are probably worth billions now. On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 9:56 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like there’s a pretty good history here: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TigerDirect > > > > Not good when your Wikipedia article has a paragraph titled: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TigerDirect#Founders_convicted_of_fraud > > > > I didn’t realize that along the way, they had acquired assets from the > defunct CompUSA and Circuit City. > > > > It’s also amazing to see sale prices like $14 million, at a time when we > see valuations like $100 billion for Instagram. Heck, one of us could > probably have raised $14 million. Elon Musk just agreed to a fine bigger > than that. > > > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Sunday, September 30, 2018 9:29 AM > *To:* AFMUG <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] neobits > > > > I think the original TigerDirect pretty much did go under, and it was > taken over by a different company a few years ago. > > > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 7:27 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > Website seems same as always. Still good prices on Tripp-Lite surge > strips. I had some bad experiences with Newegg several years back and > won’t buy from them, but never had trouble with Tiger Direct. So they may > look like a sleazy discount store, but I’d recommend them if they have what > you want. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Tim Withrow AF > *Sent:* Sunday, September 30, 2018 6:24 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* Tim Withrow <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] neobits > > > > Someone is still posting ads on their tigerdirect Twitter feed for their > items for sale. May be an automated bot. > > https://mobile.twitter.com/TigerDirect?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor > ------------------------------ > > On Saturday, September 29, 2018 Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tiger Direct is gone? That was my favorite source for surge strips (we > need them sometimes at customer installs). I’m talking about mail order, > not their outlet store by Aurora. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Saturday, September 29, 2018 9:13 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] neobits > > > > newegg killed tigerdirect, then went to crap.... irritates me. I got a tax > id for tiger direct to get the better pricing, then they went down and > illinois ket sending me 0 dollar bills and percentage penalties of 0 > dollars. i ended up having to send the state a zero dollar check over it > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 7:01 PM Seth Mattinen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 9/29/18 4:44 PM, Steve Jones wrote: > > Theyre a glorified ebay store. tried to be newegg and failed. have > > suspiciously low prices and pay an SEO well to get in results > > > Newegg feels like they are/were trying to become Amazon when they > started added all kinds of random shit to sell. I liked them better when > it was just computer stuff. > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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