I am seriously broken

[Jenny_Jackson]

Early yesterday my keyboard went to hell - not that such hasn't happened before, but that only means a quick trip to Comp USA and I'm down for a couple hours. So, I got in me pick-up and started the engine, turned on the defrost and got out to scrape the windscreen.

At 28 degrees F it's bloody cold, of course, and the fog is freezing everywhere as fast as I can scrape it off. Finally, I got the windows clear and took off to battle the traffic. Naturally, there is black ice everywhere and wrecks all over the place. That meant the 8 mile drive took almost an hour.

Finally, I pulled into the parking lot at Comp USA. They are fucking CLOSED!! I don't mean just closed. The bloody store is closed forever!! So, naturally, I took it all in stride and pounded on the door and screamed, cursed and made a general ass out of meself.

Then I looked at my options: Best Buy (Ugg!!), Staples (Double Ugg!!), Office Depot ( ) or one of the mydrid little computer shops around (bloody over priced). But I began making the rounds remembering all the fabulous times I had perusing the aisles at Comp USA. They had everything (pretty much) and were pretty cheap. I cannot count the number of times I've spent my time in that store trying out the games, buying replacement parts and drooling over monster hard drives. Well, Fuck! All that's in the past.

I have a person dislike for the drooling sales guys at Circuit City. The people in both Office Depot and Staples are stupid about nearly everything beyond a paper clip. And the fuckers at Best Buy just want me to junk my computer and buy a new one, even though they have no idea what I have.

But, late in the afternoon I wandered into Office Max (the dumbest of the dumb) and OMFG... they were getting rid of a bunch of shit. I found a new $70 keyboard for $8.00 If there had been more than one I would have bought two.

So, this morning I am back typing again. But still lamenting the loss of my favorite store.

 

[DesertPirate]

It was a great place when you needed something right now!
Can always beat their price online if I can afford the wait

Sadly I believe they closed all the stores or at least, most of them

 

[trysail]

Ayuh, it's true. Carlos Slim, the Mexican multi-billionaire, made a bad investment in Comp USA in around 2002/3, attempting to turn the thing around (it really never did make any money for either Carlos or the former owners) and he's cutting his losses. All Comp USA stores are being shuttered forever. It is, of course, pocket change for ol' Carlos.

I never, never, never invest in retailing. It is, on the whole, a god-awful business.

 

[rgraham666]

Glad things worked out for you, Jenny. *HUGS*

 

[christabelll]

Dontchya just hate it????


After compalining that my hands hurt from all the typing I was doing on my old lumbering freaking use a sledge hammer keyboard I got the keyboard that I have been eye balling for months....

Saitek Eclipse II

my fingers fly over it and I have no pain in my hands after hours of typing.....

Good Luck Jenny Girl....I know whats it like to have a favorite store close on ya... its a bummer all the way around

 

[DesertPirate]

For future reference use pricegrabber.com to find stuff cheap
I built 2 computers in Nov with no shipping for any parts that way

 

[JamieB]

That reminds me

Once I was out shopping for a computer. The salesman told me the funniest story about a wart hog and a water buffalo and a colostomy bag. I forget how it went exactly. Ha ha ha! That was funny though.

Wait, I remember. The wart hog had a colostomy bag because he had gastric bypass surgery, only he got an infection in his diaphragm because the doctor left a surgical clamp inside his abdomen there, and so the colostomy bag is filling with fluid, Ha ha! Only it's not from his COLON or anything, it's just the pus and fluid from the infection ha ha ha! And so the water buffalo says ha ha ha! Dude! Ha ha ha! What the fuck! Do you have the runs or something? ha ha ha! But the wart hog! ha ha ha! He's got so much pressure in his abdomen from tissue swelling and fluid buildup, ha ha ha ha! He's unconscious and he can't even hear the water buffalo!!

Maybe you had to be there.

Anyway, I didn't buy a computer. But I did buy a soda and a case for my iPod.

J

 

[cantdog]

I have a person dislike for the drooling sales guys at Circuit City. The people in both Office Depot and Staples are stupid about nearly everything beyond a paper clip. And the fuckers at Best Buy just want me to junk my computer and buy a new one, even though they have no idea what I have.

Glad it worked out so well! Evidently, you got the hand of Dame Fortune at the small of your back.

Circuit city:

They did this to themselves, man. Last year sometime, it was. They had two tiers of employee, and they fired every one of the upper tier floor employees, the ones who knew something. After a little while, they sent all those guys invitations to be re-hired, at the lower tier wages and benefits. Some did, but a lot didn't. The store dumbed way down in consequence, and drew a lot of flak for the raw deal, including organized boycott campaigns in some places.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I don't know where you are located...but you might check to see if there is a MicroCenter near you. Great store. They are on line at www.microcenter.com.

 

[cloudy]

I don't know where you are located...but you might check to see if there is a MicroCenter near you. Great store. They are on line at www.microcenter.com.

Thank you!

I had already decided to by another flat screen monitor with part of my tax refund, but was dreading like hell laying out the kind of money I did when I bought my first one (about $350). Microcenter has a 17" for $170! AND...there's a $30 rebate going on, so I can get it for under $150...you just made my damn day.

Yay!

 

[The_Fool]

Thank you!

I had already decided to by another flat screen monitor with part of my tax refund, but was dreading like hell laying out the kind of money I did when I bought my first one (about $350). Microcenter has a 17" for $170! AND...there's a $30 rebate going on, so I can get it for under $150...you just made my damn day.

Yay!

Hey, if you are so happy you start giving out kisses, I want one...

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Just coming in to HUG JJ...

 

[DesertPirate]

Glad it worked out so well! Evidently, you got the hand of Dame Fortune at the small of your back.

Circuit city:

They did this to themselves, man. Last year sometime, it was. They had two tiers of employee, and they fired every one of the upper tier floor employees, the ones who knew something. After a little while, they sent all those guys invitations to be re-hired, at the lower tier wages and benefits. Some did, but a lot didn't. The store dumbed way down in consequence, and drew a lot of flak for the raw deal, including organized boycott campaigns in some places.

They did the initial screw up about 4 years ago when they dumped ALL of the commisin sales force. Those folks knew their job and the products! One at the local store took great care of me every time I went in. Knew I wasn't going to be his big sale of the day or week but also knew I would buy something. They lost alot with that crew. Might as well do my own research now and go to Costco.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Thank you!

I had already decided to by another flat screen monitor with part of my tax refund, but was dreading like hell laying out the kind of money I did when I bought my first one (about $350). Microcenter has a 17" for $170! AND...there's a $30 rebate going on, so I can get it for under $150...you just made my damn day.

Yay!

You're welcome!

The monitor I bought was a 19" wide screen made by Acer...when they first got them in the store (I'm lucky enough to have one right up the street) they were selling them for $135.99. They were sold out that day! I just happened to be there on the day they came in.

I have found all kinds of bargains there. On line you can order items from the bargain bin.

It's a great store for just browsing through. I fun every time I go there.

I have also priced the new desktop I'm going to build. It will cost me $1,500.00 but if I tried to buy a pre-built computer with all the things in it I want it would cost me $2,900.00.

 

[maxdname]

Wait!

Once I was out shopping for a computer. The salesman told me the funniest story about a wart hog and a water buffalo and a colostomy bag. I forget how it went exactly. Ha ha ha! That was funny though.

Wait, I remember. The wart hog had a colostomy bag because he had gastric bypass surgery, only he got an infection in his diaphragm because the doctor left a surgical clamp inside his abdomen there, and so the colostomy bag is filling with fluid, Ha ha! Only it's not from his COLON or anything, it's just the pus and fluid from the infection ha ha ha! And so the water buffalo says ha ha ha! Dude! Ha ha ha! What the fuck! Do you have the runs or something? ha ha ha! But the wart hog! ha ha ha! He's got so much pressure in his abdomen from tissue swelling and fluid buildup, ha ha ha ha! He's unconscious and he can't even hear the water buffalo!!

Maybe you had to be there.

Anyway, I didn't buy a computer. But I did buy a soda and a case for my iPod.


Wait, you screwed up the punch line... it was a hippo not a water buffalo... it's much funnier, um... when you hear it... like the movie "The Aristocrats".... what kinda soda?

 

[maxdname]

Speaking of "The Aristocrats"... and I just did...

I like the joke this way:
The guy and his family do the act with this and that and the thing and the guy leaps into the chair with a big grin on his face and chirps, "We call ourselves The Aristocrats. Whaddya think?"
The booking agent just stares at the guy, unblinking.
The guy, still trying for a sale, pipes up with, "Seventeen and half minutes of the finest family entertainment you'll ever witness."
Finally, the agent says, "Seventeen and half minutes?"
Grin pasted on his face the guy keeps pushing. "Yeah, The Aristocrats..."
Then the agents says, "Give it fifteen minutes, you're my 'closer act' Friday night."

Budda boom, tish...

Of course, you have to know that a 'closer act' was what vaudeville used to clear out the theater after the headliners finished their act and the whole show was going to start over again. 'Closers' were kind of like "Gong Show" acts. So that makes it really, really funny and... um... I... uh... What was the question, again?

 

[JamieB]

It was

.... what kinda soda?

It was a root beer, I'm pretty sure. I know it wasn't a Sprite because artificial lemon-lime flavoring sends me into anaphylactic shock. Ha ha ha! I have some stories about that!

Anyway, yeah. Root beer. I'm pretty sure it was root beer. Barq's.

J