CompUSA bought them out. I used to shop at Computer City and liked it, only they would not honor rebates and then after the buyout they stopped responding to phone calls on rebate status.

BTW Circuit City is losing business to Best Buy, etc. and is selling off their credit card company:
[link|http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/20/news/companies/circuit_city.reut/index.htm|http://money.cnn.com...ty.reut/index.htm]

CompUSA technical services:
[link|http://www.compusa.com/tech_services/default.asp|http://www.compusa.c...vices/default.asp]

No upfront pricing, all estimates, but they do have a service plan. Last I checked there was a long waiting line to get repairs and upgrades. Not as good as a technician coming out in a timely manner to repair or upgrade something with up front pricing.

I used to work at a company that used Computer City and we bought a system via a lease and instead of billing the leasing company they billed us. We had communicated with several Computer City employees about the fact that we are leasing and the leasing company is paying the bill, but they ignored us and kept billing us. So we went elsewhere. This was IIRC in 1997, maybe things have changed now that CompUSA owns them? No Business Majors there I am guessing that understand just how a lease works?