I have worked at CompUSA in White Plains NY for about 3 months as a Tech Service Writer. Then I quit to go to school. I came back to CompUSA January of 2007 as a A+ Certified Technician. After going through the trouble of finally getting the paperwork to work at CompUSA as a technician I find that it is going under. 60 days until they close.
Honestly I think the company is competing really poor. Our tech shop was understaffed for a while resulting in angry customers wondering why their machines were not being completed in time or not even worked on. Also during the time I was not working for CompUSA management changed in all departments about 3 times. We have not had a Apple Certified sales/tech guy for months. There is a online training guide all CompUSA employees have to complete every month however the content in it is very outdated and not current with what the store was selling. I was one of the guys that the customers came back to see because I knew what I was talking about. This is only because I am a computer enthusiast who builds machines, programs on occasion, maintains servers, and keeps my family and friends computers/networks secure and running. The other main reasons I worked there was that I needed the money and who does not, needed to have more people skills, liked working with a team of technicians. I also felt like the company was trying to make us sell crappy hardware and rip the customers off with crappy extended warranty they call TAP (Technology Assurance Program). The company did not really stand behind TAP like they said they do. Some sales people selling TAP on some products would not sell the TAP the correct way. When the product breaks such as a laptop in such a way that the TAP does not cover it. So they wasted $100-$300 dollars on TAP. One of the programs all of the tech services people hate is Siebel 7x. It takes forever to sign a machine in or out. So many policies to go through and so much paper that program printed out. The compusa.com website was also quite unreliable. If a customer bought something through the site and had it reserved at the retail store outlet they would come in and sometimes the store would not have it in stock. The inventory checker the store uses is horrible also. If the sales person checks to see how many of the product they have in stock and it shows a low number such as 3 or 4 normally that means we do not have the product.
Personally, I would never buy anything from CompUSA even though I get a employee discount. I always do my research online and have been a buyer from newegg.com. I just love their prices, shipping times, and products they sell.
Although I am not so happy with CompUSA's policies and procedures for selling or repairing I did not think that our store would be closing since we did have plenty of customers. Our store is/was 0537. We do have plenty of small computer repair shops in the region. We also have PC Richards & Sons, Bestbuy about 1 mile down the road, OfficeMax, Staples, Circuit City, and more. Now I wonder where I should apply... Hmm.
I apologize for any grammar or spelling mistakes,
--George
"do Firefox and the open source community welcome this kind of analysis?"
I think there should be people allowed to test the software for vulnerabilites and security risks because it lets the developers know about them sooner. In the end it should help this browser become more efficient and stable. I use Firefox on a regular basis. I love it. I also love the tabbed browsing as it makes my windows so much more managable. Before I had about 6 or 7 different browsers open before I used tabs. Keep up the great work firefox team!
And your driving and have an improper shutdown from the cause of cutoff of power then while starting up you'll have do do chkdsk and it finds inconsistencies in the drive and truncates an important file. So then you finally boot to your drive screen and you all of a sudden accellerate full throttle because the file it truncated took off an important section of the code asking the user "would you like to accelarate?" How about having a multibooted system integrated into the car. If it was me i'd use Linux more often. I'd be checking on my code or playing a game and have an accident.woo
I am 17 and have added quite a few stuff to my gear collection. I have a recyclying center at my disposal. I could get vintage parts and such. Its really nice. I have organized it in a metal food rack in my closet along with the tower computers laying under the clothing neatly. I also have other components under my bed. I have operating systems and other cds added to my software library. I also organize my code and add notes to it like it should be.
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yeah well Konqueror beats everything!!!
hehe. J/K. I prefer Firefox over all other browsers to be honest. I love the look and feel of Firefox. Just so nice to use.
--kc2keo
I have worked at CompUSA in White Plains NY for about 3 months as a Tech Service Writer. Then I quit to go to school. I came back to CompUSA January of 2007 as a A+ Certified Technician. After going through the trouble of finally getting the paperwork to work at CompUSA as a technician I find that it is going under. 60 days until they close. Honestly I think the company is competing really poor. Our tech shop was understaffed for a while resulting in angry customers wondering why their machines were not being completed in time or not even worked on. Also during the time I was not working for CompUSA management changed in all departments about 3 times. We have not had a Apple Certified sales/tech guy for months. There is a online training guide all CompUSA employees have to complete every month however the content in it is very outdated and not current with what the store was selling. I was one of the guys that the customers came back to see because I knew what I was talking about. This is only because I am a computer enthusiast who builds machines, programs on occasion, maintains servers, and keeps my family and friends computers/networks secure and running. The other main reasons I worked there was that I needed the money and who does not, needed to have more people skills, liked working with a team of technicians. I also felt like the company was trying to make us sell crappy hardware and rip the customers off with crappy extended warranty they call TAP (Technology Assurance Program). The company did not really stand behind TAP like they said they do. Some sales people selling TAP on some products would not sell the TAP the correct way. When the product breaks such as a laptop in such a way that the TAP does not cover it. So they wasted $100-$300 dollars on TAP. One of the programs all of the tech services people hate is Siebel 7x. It takes forever to sign a machine in or out. So many policies to go through and so much paper that program printed out. The compusa.com website was also quite unreliable. If a customer bought something through the site and had it reserved at the retail store outlet they would come in and sometimes the store would not have it in stock. The inventory checker the store uses is horrible also. If the sales person checks to see how many of the product they have in stock and it shows a low number such as 3 or 4 normally that means we do not have the product. Personally, I would never buy anything from CompUSA even though I get a employee discount. I always do my research online and have been a buyer from newegg.com. I just love their prices, shipping times, and products they sell. Although I am not so happy with CompUSA's policies and procedures for selling or repairing I did not think that our store would be closing since we did have plenty of customers. Our store is/was 0537. We do have plenty of small computer repair shops in the region. We also have PC Richards & Sons, Bestbuy about 1 mile down the road, OfficeMax, Staples, Circuit City, and more. Now I wonder where I should apply... Hmm. I apologize for any grammar or spelling mistakes, --George
"do Firefox and the open source community welcome this kind of analysis?" I think there should be people allowed to test the software for vulnerabilites and security risks because it lets the developers know about them sooner. In the end it should help this browser become more efficient and stable. I use Firefox on a regular basis. I love it. I also love the tabbed browsing as it makes my windows so much more managable. Before I had about 6 or 7 different browsers open before I used tabs. Keep up the great work firefox team!
And your driving and have an improper shutdown from the cause of cutoff of power then while starting up you'll have do do chkdsk and it finds inconsistencies in the drive and truncates an important file. So then you finally boot to your drive screen and you all of a sudden accellerate full throttle because the file it truncated took off an important section of the code asking the user "would you like to accelarate?" How about having a multibooted system integrated into the car. If it was me i'd use Linux more often. I'd be checking on my code or playing a game and have an accident.woo
--George
I am 17 and have added quite a few stuff to my gear collection. I have a recyclying center at my disposal. I could get vintage parts and such. Its really nice. I have organized it in a metal food rack in my closet along with the tower computers laying under the clothing neatly. I also have other components under my bed. I have operating systems and other cds added to my software library. I also organize my code and add notes to it like it should be.