I helped open up and worked at a Computer City in Freehold for a brief time in the mid-90s. It was one of many Tandy offshoots, somewhat similar to CompUSA. After I left, the chain was bought out by CompUSA, which is what took that location's place. Obviously, CompUSA went under not too long after the acquisition. In Computer City's case, they were pretty good about training, and especially letting vendors come and demonstrate the products. Not everyone was cut out for or especially interested in learning more about the subject matter, though, which I'm sure applied to CompUSA and no doubt applies to most big box retailers. -Bill ======================================================== Bill Loguidice, Managing Director; Armchair Arcade, Inc. <http://www.armchairarcade.com> ======================================================== Authored Books <http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Loguidice/e/B001U7W3YS/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_1> and Film <http://www.armchairarcade.com/film>; About me and other ways to get in touch <http://about.me/billloguidice> ======================================================== On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
That Microcenter is really new, though; used to be a Computer City and a
CompUSA out that way
Never heard of Computer City, but CompUSA was a disaster. The people there knew NOTHING about computers. The people at Micro Center always impress me with their customer service.