[ale] Where have all the computer store gone

[Scott Plante]

We've been getting stuff from GIM for the last 20 years or so. We order
online too but a lot of the time it's just easier to go get it now, when we
need it. It's super convenient for us, at Northside Dr & Deering Rd. They
build their own computers and also carry a lot of off-lease 2-year-old
boxes that we've had good luck with. One thing is they don't have much to
browse--for most parts and components, you ask and they bring it out. I
guess this helps with theft and people just leaving stuff somewhere it
doesn't belong after they change their minds. I know a lot of people go to
Target, Best Buy, and Walmart for computers, routers, printers, and
components these days--I'm mostly thinking of people not in IT
professionally. The owner (I believe) Jim is very nice and knowledgeable
too! I remember going into CompUSA many times back in the day and asking a
question and finding the salespeople completely ignorant on the technical
side.

http://gimcomputers.com/

Scott

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 2:03 PM Chuck Payne via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> /please read with tune Peter, Paul and Mary in mind
>
> So being here in Atlanta since 93, one thing I use to enjoy was going to
> computer stores, like
>
> Delta Computer near Osais
> The many Chinese/Korean Computer Shops along Jimmy Carter Blvd.
> There was that odd shop in Alpharetta that sold computer stuff that was
> from trucks that were damaged.
> Tiger Direct up in Jefferson ( Now Amazon warehouse )
>
> Where are all the computer stores, has Amazon really killed mom/pop
> computer store?
>
> I know Vision is still around on Jimmy Carter. I know Best Buy and
> Microcenter are still around, but gone are Compusa, Computer City, and
> Fry's.
>
> I use to make it a day going to all the different places to see what was
> new, grabbing a computer shopper to take home later.
>
> It's just really sad to know that once was a cool way for an introvert to
> get out, gone. Online isn't the same, God knows I might seen so many of you
> back then not knowing it.
>
> Anyway, with this whole covid-19, I feel very much like a prisoner, was
> thinking of place I could escape to know seeing there no really a lot of
> cool computer places around, hell there are on good swap meet eithers.
>
> Anyway, does anyone have a good computer store to go too?
>
> Signed Prisoner Number 6
>
>
> --
> Terror PUP a.k.a
> Chuck "PUP" Payne
> -----------------------------------------
> Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux.
> -----------------------------------------
> openSUSE -- Terrorpup
> openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member
> skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup
> freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein
> Register Linux Userid: 155363
>
> openSUSE Community Member since 2008.
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mail.ale.org/pipermail/ale/attachments/20201019/763e48b9/attachment.html>