Charlie Brown had Lucy and a football; I have CompUSA

adamg — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 19:02:37 +0000

I am standing at the CompUSA in Brighton, at this public-access station they have. It's at the entrance. I feel like yelling at people coming in: "Abandon all faith!"

See, I once again stupidly ordered something online from CompUSA. 15 minutes from the time you hit submit to the time you pick up!

Yeah, right!

I stood in the customer-service line for 10 minutes - after having driven 25 minutes to get there. Finally get to the desk. Give the lady my pickup number. That was around 2:45. It's now 3:04. The manager is allegedly *still* looking for the part I ordered, the one that allegedly was going to be waiting for me as I walked in.

Never again. You've fooled me for the last time, CompUSA. I won't be buying any computer equipment again at CompUSA. But thanks for providing the terminal on which I'm writing this.

Update: As the store manager explains it, when he finally appears at 3:10, without the AC adapter I'd "reserved," the online system is not updated in real time, which means it can let you order things that a store does not actually have in stock. Way to go, CompUSA, you suck.