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Old electronics big box stores
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:08 pm
I know this isn't google but I tried that and couldn't find shite. I am racking my brain to remember the name of an old electronics store in mobile in the 90's. The building and signage was teal colored and it was a rival of sorts to circuit city. I assume it was a chain. Anybody got any ideas?
This post was edited on 1/5/17 at 8:10 pm
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Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:18 pm to tilco
CompUSA?
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:24 pm to tlsu15
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CompUSA
And Circuit City were owned by the same company (at one point Carlos Slim was the owner) - and were folded into Tigerdirect.
True story.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:29 pm to Ace Midnight
Yeah it wasn't compusa. I don't think we ever had one. This place was the only competition to circuit city before Best Buy. I don't know why this shite is bothering me so much.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:56 pm to tilco
Okay update if anyone cares. I figured it out. The store was called CAMPO.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 9:02 pm to tilco
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The building and signage was teal colored and it was a rival of sorts to circuit city.
Silo?
NVM
This post was edited on 1/5/17 at 9:03 pm
Posted on 1/5/17 at 9:03 pm to tilco
I was going to suggest Campo, A1, or Sound Trek
Posted on 1/5/17 at 9:07 pm to TigerWise
It was killing me lol. I remember my parents bought a sweet fricking packard bell from there. I used to rule the prodigy chat rooms.
Posted on 1/5/17 at 9:08 pm to tilco
I used to love Silo
Posted on 1/5/17 at 9:14 pm to tilco
Sound Trek, the big audio store in Metairie in the '70's and early 80's, was owned by Tony Campo (the Appliance Giant!).
Metairie also had Stereo Village which carried a higher end of gear.
Metairie also had Stereo Village which carried a higher end of gear.
Posted on 1/6/17 at 9:12 am to Marco Esquandolas
Campo's is the only store in thinking of that had stereos and stuff like circuit city with real in the color scheme. They didn't sell Cd's or anything, I don't think. I'm not sure if this was anything more than a Baton Rouge store either.
Whoops just saw this was an updated thread.
Whoops just saw this was an updated thread.
This post was edited on 1/6/17 at 9:14 am
Posted on 1/6/17 at 1:42 pm to tilco
quote:
The store was called CAMPO
I remember those. I think SR/Shreveport Refridgeration morphed into Campo.
Posted on 1/6/17 at 1:54 pm to Tempratt
They orginanted in the New Orleans metro area. The family still runs Mobile One.
Posted on 1/6/17 at 3:19 pm to SG_Geaux
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I used to love Silo
had "Q" from James Bond as the spokesman.
"THIS YEAR SILO IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT FOR YOUR ELECTRONICS!"
Yep, circuit city, best buy, compUadd, computer city, crazy eddie
, compUSA, campo, errols, highland, J&R, soft warehouse, electronics boutique, hh gregg..damn alot of electronics stores have come and gone over the years..i know i'm missing a slew.Posted on 1/6/17 at 6:36 pm to SG_Geaux
Bought my first pull out tape deck from there.
Posted on 1/7/17 at 7:15 am to tilco
Tandy Corp., acknowledging its Incredible Universe electronics outlets have become a financial black hole, will dispose of the 17-store chain and close 19 of its 113 Computer City superstores in a $170 million restructuring.
Computer City has been slower than its rival CompUSA Inc. to adjust to a drop in first-time computer buyers
Computer City has been slower than its rival CompUSA Inc. to adjust to a drop in first-time computer buyers
Posted on 1/7/17 at 8:15 am to TigerWise
I wish I had pictures of the interior of Campo (MAY have been an A1, but almost certain it was Campo) on Vets around David Drive. The interior was SUPER late 80's. They had purple and pink neon lights surrounding a ton of the store.
Posted on 1/7/17 at 8:17 am to tilco
Posted on 1/7/17 at 3:08 pm to TrebleHook
Sun Tv was big on north
Posted on 1/7/17 at 4:01 pm to TigerWise
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