Circuit City has the same problem... as does probably other stores. = Haven't tried with CompUSA, but now with Circuit City if they have = something I want with a rebate, I order it online and choose the option = to pick up in-store. This confirms that the item is in stock, and then I = just go there and pick it up without having to find a salesman to pull = the item out of the locked case (as is the case for items like hard = drives). ---Troth -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 1:18 AM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: IC power - walmart computer's If you think Wal-Mart is bad.... try Comp-USA. The Sunday ads are full = of=20 terrific buys, but by the time you get to the store after church they = are=20 all sold out and NO RAINCHECKS. This is especially true of the products = that are FREE after rebates. Everything in their ad is "quantities=20 limited". And that limited quantity is far less than the number of=20 customers they will have wanting the item. Good luck getting a good = deal=20 there. I've been burned so many times after driving one-way 40 miles to the = store,=20 that I don't even look at their ads anymore. Don ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Tech Rose - LoveBytes" <TechRose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 10:17 PM Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: IC power - walmart computer's > Try the different sellers...Dell, Sony, etc..for Refurbished..=20 > CompUSA...... -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/