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Shauk · 01-28-2008, 07:49 PM

Yeah, they're both owned by Systemax now.

Same layout, same products, same prices, same "Top Sellers," same buttons, pretty much the same everything:

heh, copy and paste professionals at work right there. (Ironically, I copy and pasted this announcement, lawl)

Hain · 01-29-2008, 04:33 AM

That's pretty funny. I never would have guessed.

OT:
My parents bought a desktop back in '97 from Systemax, and it is still working good today as file server. Damn thing fell off of a 7' high shelf, and still works. It used to be called "fucking little bastard" but now it is Humpty Dumpty.

Baraka_Guru · 01-29-2008, 05:59 AM

You know Web templates like this online store one are a dime a dozen, right?

Crompsin · 01-29-2008, 06:25 AM

Websites are the same type like jeans are the same size.

32x34? Fits Crompsins. Fits other guys my size.

The template makes sense for both companies.

...

Now if I could just find them and steal their clothes.

Redlemon · 01-29-2008, 07:53 AM

I thought CompUSA went under in December... I guess it was just my local store, then.

Baraka_Guru · 01-29-2008, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crompsin

Websites are the same type like jeans are the same size.

32x34? Fits Crompsins. Fits other guys my size.

Dude, I just bought two pairs of 32X34s on the weekend....

Fits Baraka_Gurus too.

Hain · 01-29-2008, 10:09 AM

More than just web template, it is all the same products too. Two different companies selling the exact same merchandise for the exact same price.

vanblah · 01-29-2008, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Augi

More than just web template, it is all the same products too. Two different companies selling the exact same merchandise for the exact same price.

It's not two different companies but two subsidiaries of the same company (Shauk said so in his OP):

http://www.systemax.com/divisions.htm

Redlemon · 01-29-2008, 01:20 PM

To answer my own question,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

On December 7, 2007, CompUSA was sold to Specialty Equity, an affiliate of Gordon Brothers Group. Gordon Brothers would work on closing out the remaining 103 CompUSA stores (Including all 3 in Puerto Rico) following the holidays. These stores held liquidation sales during and after the 2007 holiday season, with key stores in certain markets being sold, and the remainder being closed. The Gordon Brothers Group was also successful in their attempt to sell the company's online and technical service, CompUSA.com and CompUSA TechPro respectively. These divisions, as well as certain stores in the Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico markets were sold to Systemax in January of 2008.

Crompsin · 01-29-2008, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru

Dude, I just bought two pairs of 32X34s on the weekend....

Fits Baraka_Gurus too.

We wear the same size pants, too?!

BROTHER!?

01-28-2008, 07:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Shauk Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Seattle, WA	Tigerdirect = CompUSA Yeah, they're both owned by Systemax now. Same layout, same products, same prices, same "Top Sellers," same buttons, pretty much the same everything: heh, copy and paste professionals at work right there. (Ironically, I copy and pasted this announcement, lawl)

01-29-2008, 05:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru In the 6th percentile Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Toronto	You know Web templates like this online store one are a dime a dozen, right? __________________ "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. [...] In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred, and schizophrenia. When the general atmosphere is bad, language must suffer." —"Politics and the English Language," George Orwell "Humankind cannot bear very much reality." —"Burnt Norton," Four Quartets, T. S. Eliot

01-29-2008, 06:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
Crompsin STRIKE FACE Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Prime Self	Websites are the same type like jeans are the same size. 32x34? Fits Crompsins. Fits other guys my size. The template makes sense for both companies. ... Now if I could just find them and steal their clothes. __________________ C19H28O2 = C6H2(NO2)3CH3 Merleniau: "Your face is old and moldy!"

01-29-2008, 07:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
Redlemon obsessive librarian Donor Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: New England	I thought CompUSA went under in December... I guess it was just my local store, then. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

01-29-2008, 04:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
Hain Pretty far out, man! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: across the Atlantic pond	That's pretty funny. I never would have guessed. OT: My parents bought a desktop back in '97 from Systemax, and it is still working good today as file server. Damn thing fell off of a 7' high shelf, and still works. It used to be called "fucking little bastard" but now it is Humpty Dumpty.

01-29-2008, 10:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
Hain Pretty far out, man! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: across the Atlantic pond	More than just web template, it is all the same products too. Two different companies selling the exact same merchandise for the exact same price.