Finding Deals at CompUSA Doesn't Get Any Easier »
CompUSA continues to go out of business, and it seems that they are going to be at it for a while longer. The signs on the corner say that the discounts have reached 20-40%, and if you step inside, you'll see that some of the shelves are now bare, but there is still a lot of merchandise left. Perhaps most importantly, you'll see that even though the discounts aren't going down very quickly, the real reason that the merchandise isn't moving appears to be because the prices on the items left are actually going up.
That's right, the product left on the shelves is actually being marked up while the discounts are ever-so-slowly drifting down. Not too long ago, networking equipment was at the 10% discount level. One item in particular - a Belkin Bluetooth adapter that was recently $29.99 has now been marked up to $39.99. So you could have had it for about $27 ($29.99 * .9) or now you can get it for about $32 ($39.99 * .8). Sweet.
