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...should also beware of the high pressure sales tactics of CompUSA sales clerks. They're always eager to show off the flashy cases and graphics of their systems but usually neglect to tell you about the machine's limitation unless you ask pointed questions. Given Comp-USA's distance and poor selection, you can do better staying on this side of the river...
Even if you don't shop there, with its low prices Comp-USA is a good place to do price comparisons against other stores...
Take prices. For the past 18 months, the company has been raising some prices selectively, and consumers have begun to stray. "Comp sales," an internal company statistic that tracks performance in existing stores, turned negative for six consecutive quarters through the third quarter of 1996, an unheard-of reversal for a company that lives on growth. Greenberg had to improve McDonald's value equation fast. "The question is, What do you do about that? Lower prices a couple of cents on everything, or go on TV and talk about 55[cent] meals?" He called the media department...
Advocate members are required to pay $25 or sell an advertisement or two subscriptions each semester. In late February, the executive board strictly enforced this policy which in previous years had been lax. If they fail to meet the requirements, members will have to redo the comp to retain membership...
Despite being "the obvious star of his comp class," as Sorrento describes him, Kinsley was never elected president of The Crimson. Instead, Kinsley was named vice-president, the only one in the newspaper's history...