PC Club
News is, PC Club has gone the way of CompUSA. Back in the day my office was just around the corner from their City of Industry location, which itself was across the parking lot in the same plaza as the former national chain with their snooty 10% restocking fee. As a matter of fact, my old boss said they did that deliberately, sought out locations right next door, and enjoyed a mutual relationship, one providing (the site survey, I suppose, along with expensive brands and unreasonable return policy which made the no-name alternative equipped, if at all, with unmarked plastic bags and ties, practically disposable) what the other couldn't. Too bad neither could find that sweet spot in today's economy between Best Buy and Amazon.com.