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I own some stock in CompUSA. I bought it recently at about $6 a share.
CPU is a great company, and should recover nicely. There are many 
rumors going around that CompUSA will be taken over soon(by Staples
or some other company).

Rob wrote:
> 
> do u work for compusa or something?
> 
> Jeffrey Karp <jeffkarp@erols.com> wrote in message
> news:376299A9.7EBCE330@erols.com...
> > Perhaps this has happened a few times in the past, however now with
> > the 15% restocking fee in place, there are much fewer returns, and
> > returns are examined much more closely. Events like this will now
> > be EXTREMELY rare.
> >
> > -Ed- wrote:
> > >
> > > Same thing happened to me at CompUSA.  I bought an Obsidian x-24 last
> > > summer, drove 20+ miles home, opened the shrink wrapped box and inside
> > > was an old Diamond  VooDoo1 board.  I was fit to be tied.  My blood
> > > pressure was so high that the person at the exchange counter never
> > > even dared to try to make me feel like I might have been the theif.
> > >
> > > -Ed-
> > >
> > > On Wed, 09 Jun 1999 03:26:58 GMT, philb@alink.net (philb) wrote:
> > >
> > > //  On Thu, 03 Jun 1999 17:45:32 GMT, shootmeanote@hotmail.com.nospam
> > > //  (Gerry) wrote:
> > > //
> > > //  >On Thu, 03 Jun 1999 15:19:49 GMT, zzz@b.com (zzz) wrote:
> > > //  >
> > > //  >>If you bought a brand new hard drive, it should have come in a
> package
> > > //  >>that was factory sealed. If it was factory sealed, then the
> problem
> > > //  >>probably originated at the manufacturer and not at COMP USA. If it
> was
> > > //  >>not factory sealed, then I think you were very foolish to leave
> the
> > > //  >>store without inspecting the contents of the package.
> > > //  >
> > > //  >There have been reports that at some CompUSA stores, shrinkwrapping
> > > //  >returned merchandise and putting them back on the shelves is the
> norm.
> > > //  >There's always a possibility that some jerk returned the package
> with
> > > //  >an old drive substituted on purpose.  The customer return staff
> > > //  >doesn't take but a quick look inside of the box most of the time,
> > > //  >without really verifying what the exact contents are.  Fry's
> > > //  >Electronics does it all the time, but they usually put a sticker on
> > > //  >the reshrinkwrapped merchandise stating that it had previously been
> > > //  >returned by a customer.  At least Fry's provides some sort of
> warning.
> > > //
> > > //  I got a switcheroo from Fry's once about 3 years ago, with NO
> warning
> > > //  sticker.  Instead of a high end Turtle Beach sound card, there was
> on
> > > //  old 8-bit LAN card in the box.  I had to go through heaven and earth
> > > //  with the Fry's "customer service" just to get a replacement.  Bah!
> > > //
> > > //  Phil
> > > //  >
> > > //  >-Gerry
> > > //  >
> > > //  >>>Hello everyone.
> > > //  >>>
> > > //  >>>2 month ago, the CompUSA store at Broadway NYC, stole $407 from
> me.
> > > //  >>>
> > > //  >>>In April 2nd, while I was touring New York City, I entered the
> store and
> > > //  >>>bought a brand new Westren Digital 20.4GB hard drive, at the
> second
> > > //  >>>floor.
> > > //  >>>
> > > //  >>>When I came back to my home country, I found out that the hard
> drive in
> > > //  >>>the box, was an old 270MB Quantum!!! My face turned red when I
> realized
> > > //  >>>what has been done to me.
> > > //  >>>
> > > //  >>>Well, it, of course ruined my lovely 3 weeks vacation.I can do
> nothing
> > > //  >>>about it. I am here, and the store is on the other side of the
> world.
> > > //  >>>The only thing I can do, is to warn you not to buy there
> anything.
> > > //  >>>Please don't repeat the same mistake I did.
> > > //  >>>
> > > //  >>>Dan Aloni,  danaloni@inter.net.il
> > > //
> > > //  Phil Burton - Palo Alto,CA USA