On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Glen Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Instead of Tiger Direct, you could shop at CompUSA. Or Circuit City. >> Or Infotel. Or Systemax. Or... ;-) > > Looks like CompUSA is out. > Just went to their site and found this. > CompUSA.com is ... consolidating with TigerDirect.com
That was a joke. SYX is a multi-branded mail-order house. Their brands include: Systemax (the origin of the SYX name) Tiger Direct Global Computer CompUSA (they bought the brand from the defunct retailer) Circuit City (they bought the brand from the defunct retailer) Nexel Infotel MISCO Worldwide Rebates OnRebate Their specialty is nearly-identical websites which vary only in the logo and color scheme. A significant portion of their selection is sourced directly from big wholesale distributors, like Tech Data and Ingram Micro. This is not unusual. Many other resellers (e.g., CDW, NewEgg) do similar. What SYX does poorly at is keeping track of shipments -- we had a lot of trouble where SYX's tracking info would be the lot shipment to an intermediate warehouse, and then they'd lose track of it until it got to us (or not). They also liked to list products as in stock until their wholesaler told them it was discontinued -- after SYX accepted our order. These issues are why we're not buying from them anymore. You can identify most of these SYX items as having a SKU begins with a Y followed by a number and a dash, e.g., Y123-ABC567. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
