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For a couple of weeks now, I’ve been eyeing a new Powerbook for the house. CompUSA’s 18-month same as cash offer is really what set the wheels in motion for the household decision-maker (which isn’t me by the way) to think about the idea of buying a second home laptop. I called the two local CompUSA’s today and found out that the 18-month same as cash promotion was a Labor Day week only promotion, and that it expired two Fridays ago.

Bad job marketing that one CompUSA.

I also emailed a guy at the north CompUSA store in town based on the recommendation of a friend of mine (which I should’ve done back when he recommended it, as I would’ve likely learned about the promotion ending in time to take advantage of it) to find out more information. I’ve yet to receive a response to that email though (one thing to remember about email — it is not an immediate response mechanism for most businesses).

But, I did learn that the two CompUSAs in Austin already have the new 17″ Powerbooks in stock, but no 15″ models at all (old or new). So, now, I’m stuck waiting around for them to show up in stock, so I can at least take advantage of CompUSA’s 6-month same as cash financing offer (always pay these offers off before they come due or you’re screwed). This probably means that we’ll wait until closer to Christmas or Thanksgiving to buy a new Powerbook, as it’s something we don’t actually need to buy, and on top of that, who knows… CompUSA might offer the 18-month deal again by then. Hopefully they’ll actually market the offer if they ever do it again.