Lexington CompUSA Avoids Chopping Block

� Last week, I blogged that I thought Lexington might be one of the CompUSA stores that would be wiped out in a� restructuring move, but it looks like they’ve avoided the chopping block.�

CompUSA said in a statement it would close 126 of its stores, but after� updating their store list, Lexington is still there.� Looks like we’ll get to keep our local store for a little while longer.� But a lot of communities are going to get stuck with Best Buy or Circuit City as their ony choices for computers.� � “The process began last week with the closing of four CompUSA stores and over the next 60-90 days, the company will close a total of 126 stores in the United States to focus on initiative that enhance its top performing locations” CompUSA said in the statement.

I’m hoping the $440 million in capital and re-focusing includes improvements in the remaining store.� This digg comment summed up the hundreds of others on there following the news:

“They earned their failure. It seems like no on that works at our store even wants to keep the place open. The service desk is staffed with snobs who think it’s some unspeakable burden to acknowledge their customers actually exist. The last time in there I politely tried to stop a store employee as he walked past, and the fucker literally ignored me. And it’s not just me, I hear similar complaints from friends and family who go in there. Regardless if it’s the middle of the day on a Tuesday and there are 2 customers in the whole damn store, they are still too busy to be bothered to help an actual customer.� “

Then again,� the� Digg community are probably very different than those shopping in Lexington’s store.

side note: I am still putting a few important Lexington news items� on this blog due to lots of Lexington subscribers and a delay in the launch of the Lex only blog.

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