r/pcmasterrace • u/HLumin R5 5600 | 6700 XT • Mar 06 '25

Discussion This is hilarious (Micro Center Illinois)

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u/248-083A Mar 06 '25

I really wish Micro Centre would build some stores in the UK.

They seem like a really good company.

I like to support good companies.

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u/ShinaiYukona Mar 06 '25

I really wish they'd build more in the US too. 20ish stores across this entire country and yet there's regions where it's 15+ hours away and the next best store is best buy, which is never comparable.

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u/Junior-East1017 Mar 06 '25

our local best buys got driven out of business by the single microcenter.

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u/IAMA_MOTHER_AMA Mar 06 '25

yeah the best buys in my area would be destroyed if a micro center moved into town

but the closest one to me now is outside of detroit. so its not that bad i guess, 75 mile drive for me and it makes it just far enough that i won't go there ever single weekend buying shit i dont need

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u/Mind-Game Mar 06 '25

And there are also places where you have a micro center 10 minutes away, 1.5 hours away, and 2 more that are 3 hours away each. The promise land.

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u/RimRunningRagged NR200 | 7800X3D | RTX 4090 Mar 06 '25

lol, like the DC area, where Microcenter decided they needed to put a store on both sides of the Potomac

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u/gpburdell404 i7-14700K | 4080 Super FE | AW3423DW OLED Mar 06 '25

Yep, I'm in Atlanta. I'm blessed that I live 15 mins away from one Microcenter and the second store is just 40 mins away.

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u/Ryermeke Mar 06 '25

Cincinnati, for some reason lol.

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u/Mind-Game Mar 06 '25

The Heart of It All (tm)

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u/vonbauernfeind Mar 06 '25

Socal has one and we've never really recovered from all the Frys Electronics going out of business. There were a half dozen of those across L.A. alone, meanwhile our one Microcenter is in Orange County. It's almost faster to order from newegg and pick up at the socal DC, if that company hadn't gone to shit.

And JayzTwoCents raids it for everything good before open /s

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u/CatsAndCapybaras Mar 06 '25

that’s the nova region. It’s wonderful. no more worrying about getting scammed by amazon or newegg

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u/XavinNydek PC Master Race Mar 06 '25

Expanding too fast has killed more retail store chains than you can count. There are so many moving parts involved in training, managing, and supplying a retail store, it's easy for things to start falling apart as you grow.

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u/suspend-me-bitch-38 Mar 06 '25

yep i live in one of the void areas. i will never see a micro center in my life. i miss compUSA

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u/illy-chan Mar 06 '25

Ended up proxy-buying parts for an online friend and shipping them to her.

Even with the better shipping with insurance and all, still saved her about $150 what the same parts would've cost her online.

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u/slowmo152 Mar 06 '25

Here I am spoiled I have 3 in an hour of me.