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Non-Tech : CompUSA (CPU) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Smart Investor who wrote (1390)3/4/1999 5:23:00 PM
From: Bill Wexler  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 3187
 
To say I'm pissed off would be putting it mildly...

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To: Smart Investor who wrote (1390)3/5/1999 4:39:00 AM
From: Doug Fowler  Respond to of 3187
 
CPU's net operation could not be worth anywhere near comparables, UNLESS CPU were to spin it off altogether.

The problem is that sales tax. CPU operates in almost every state. One very big reason (if not the biggest reason) people buy online is to save on the sales tax.