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7/23/12 at 11:27am
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They should just open up a drive-thru CPU (and CPU/Motherboard Bundle) stand - Those are the two products that are consistently worth buying at MC tongue.gif They'll save on rent and overhead! wink.gif
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7/23/12 at 11:27am
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Hopefully they can re-open one in Sacramento *Hopeful thinking*, that 2 hours there and 2 hours back was kinda killer for deals mad.gif still upset that it's gone though
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7/23/12 at 11:37am
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they should open one in oklahoma

This. PLEASE

That would be like opening a crystal store in a pigpen.
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7/23/12 at 11:55am
Quick! Move to Medford, OR! We have plenty of retail space here and for cheap!! The old Circut City place has been sitting for years now, the owner really wants it leased!
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They should just open up a drive-thru CPU (and CPU/Motherboard Bundle) stand - Those are the two products that are consistently worth buying at MC tongue.gif They'll save on rent and overhead! wink.gif

I will take a blended 16oz mocha, an i5 3550K, and for the lolz that Asus Sabertooth, I am feeling rich today!
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7/23/12 at 11:56am
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from what i've heard from employees at the one in camridge, MA, they sell the cpu/mobo combos at a relatively large loss, in hopes that people will be drawn there with low combo prices and build full systems. Unfortunately, most if not all of us go there simply to take advantage of their combo prices, or grab something small we need. Not to mention they basically have a no questions asked return policy. To us they are a great company, but it's definitely a poor business plan.
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7/23/12 at 11:57am
While I am sad to see them go because there's no comparison between Fries and Microcenter, I do have to say that having been to several Microcenters across the country this was by far the worst one. Don't get me wrong, customer service was great but the store itself was tiny and as a result they never seemed to have what I was looking for on display.

It always surprised me that the Silicon Valley Microcenter of all places was that much worse than say the one in St. Louis. Hopefully a new and better one will open sometime in the future. It's not like they're lacking of customers in the Bay Area.
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7/23/12 at 12:02pm
for those that state that amazon is much better because of taxes, that's going to change on sept 15th for those in california
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7/23/12 at 12:04pm
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The issue is that I typically can buy hardware at microcenter for less than I do online...almost always less than Newegg and some times beats Amazon. If it wasn't a 90 mile drive to my nearest mircocenter every scrap of hardware I buy would probably come from there. Right now I just go there any time we are in the city for something else.

How can a physical store afford to sell things for less than a virtual store such as Amazon? The answer: They cannot, obviously. That was likely their last ditch effort to try and stay afloat, but the world has changed.
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7/23/12 at 12:29pm
My norcal friends are gonna be sad ):. One of em lived 10 minutes away.
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7/23/12 at 12:30pm
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I work there in the BYO department and found out this morning.
Looks like its time to brush up the resume...

Do you mean peripherals? If so, it is possible we have corresponded quite a bit!

It is sad to see Microcenter go. I have built at least 4 systems from parts bought exclusively from this store.
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