> Dell tech and can have parts here in less > than 24 hours That is what caught my attention with my one client, who had a low end Dell Server, but got it with the extended service contract with 8 hour response. Their tape drive failed, and the same day Dell had the part out there with a tech to pop it in. Saved me a 50 mile round trip had it only been the part provided. I was so impressed (I had placed the Dell support call for my client) with how I was treated, and the responsiveness, that I decided that day to begin giving Dell a try. Glad I did, solid stuff and well suited for my purposes.
CompUSA did buy out Computer City, back in late 1998. It was a big deal out here, as there was no other real competition at the time. Then Best Buy came into play a year or so after that. Re: Staples, I have found they have made an effort to provide excellent products for very reasonable pricing. Not a deeply stocked as CompUSA, but about 4 miles closer to me, and less crowded on weekends. Pricing is competitive at Staples, and I get far less push-back than with CompUSA with using my NY State Certified Reseller documentation to get things tax free if it is for resale. CompUSA has gotten burned so many times with having to pay Sales Tax due to unclear documentation that they give everyone looking to get no Sales Tax for resale items a lot of grief. Can't really blame them, but once I have my NY State Reseller Certificate on file with their store, have several Platinum Business Visa cards with both my personal and company name on them, have a copy of my business license in hand, and offer the a photocopy of my NY State Reseller Certificate to attach to their paperwork, I could do without the third degree interrogation. And don't even get me started about their on-line purchase for store pickup, where the product(s) will supposedly be waiting for me for a speedy checkout bullshit! I do not wish CompUSA evil, but our store has some issues with attitude & service when doing business with "small operators" like me. So, that is why I order from Buy.com and tigerdirect.com whenever I can, less grief. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jack Skelley > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 2:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] CompUSA closing a ton of stores > > > Gil: > All the servers here are Dells. I am a *certified* (or is it > certifiable?) Dell tech and can have parts here in less > than 24 hours. The interesting point is that in the 8 years we > have been using Dell servers I haven't needed that service. > All of our ticketing is now handled by a pair of Dell servers > that Ticketmaster recommended. Accepting their proposal > was a no brainer for me. > If my memory serves me correctly CompUSA bought ComputerCity. > I always watch the Staples adds for deals. For example, I bought > Konica/Minolta laser printers for $27 with a sale > price, instant rebate coupon, MIR, and a flat reduction from > their preferred customer program. Couple that with several > Canon 4X6 photo printers for $1 and change and Sandisk 1GB SD > cards for $5. I'm sure CompUSA has/had similar offers. > CompUSA had a deal on the Mio Digiwalker C310x GPS last week for > $149 (MSRP is $549). As I understand it no store in the > area honored that price because all the local Jersey stores were > in liquidation. Just another nail in their coffin. For > those of you that are not familiar with the C310x it has > WindowsCE .Net 4.2 as its operating system and can be hacked to > show the CE desktop. Out of the box with no hacking it is a GPS, > MP3 player with a 3.5" touch screen and a SirfStarIII > chipset (it is about the size of a deck of cards). So this is my new PPC. > Regards, > > Jack > > > mrgmhale wrote: > > I go to CompUSA for most local purchases, when I must, and > usually when they > > have a killer promotion. But, I purchase on-line as much as I > can (buy.com > > & tigerdirect.com usually). I will likely not be building any > of my own PCs > > and Servers any longer, other than replacing a MB and internals > on a nice > > system I built 4 years ago, and the MB capacitors went "pop" the other > > month. I have a client who had a terrific run with Dell > machines. I ended > > up getting one of their Servers (420), then another, then another. For > > Lynda I got a Dell workstation instead of building a faster > replacement for > > her. So far, after 3 years of buying Dells, I am pretty > impressed (no flame > > mail, please <g>). But it seems Dell runs hot & cold with many folks. > > Maybe I have just gotten lucky thus far. > > > > > > Gil > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
