[kwlug-disc] Technology big box stores

[CrankyOldBugger]

I've been having good luck with Amazon lately, to be honest.  Not that I
don't want to support the local guys, but I find inventory levels at Canada
Computers to be a bit frustrating.

On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 at 11:19 Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account) <
aklists at mixdown.ca> wrote:

> > On Apr 20, 2015, at 4:39 AM, Charles M <chaslinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Walmart was closest, but they didn't have a modem. I checked Bestbuy
> next, "nope, go to Canada Computers." Oops, 7:10' Canada Computers is
> closed. Moved on to Future Shop, no ADSL modem there either. Finally I
> bought one at Computer XS, but not before more than an hour of running
> around. Turns out the one I bought is an updated version (same model,
> different look) of the one I already have. Sadly it doesn't fit the same
> mounting screw setup I have. It wasn't a terrible price either, under $40.
>
> Wow.
>
> I have tried over the last… decade… to buy something from Computer XS.
> I’ve never been able to find what I’ve wanted there. SATA cable? Sorry, no
> stock. Bluetooth (not 2.4GHz proprietary wireless) mouse? Nope. Case? nope.
> Laptop? They only had oddball systems there.
>
> Their website was never functional. Pretty pictures and no stock or
> pricing. Even now it seems they’ve rebranded themselves into some weird
> combination of a mom ’n pop store but no pricing, no list of items they
> carry, hell I don’t think there’s even a picture of a computer on the site!
>
> Canada Computers is my usual go-to, with BB a distant second. Canada
> Computers isn’t great either, but at least it’s a functional *computer
> store* which is what I need most of the time.
>
> For a city hosting the University of Waterloo this town sure does have a
> dearth of real computer stores.
>
> -A.
>
>
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