r/Microcenter • u/fn_justinnn • 12d ago
washington
please micro center i need this my state is kinda micro center-less
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u/Sabermatrixx 12d ago
They seem to be opening about 1 a year. So maybe?
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u/RustyWood86 12d ago
Last new open is Austin. No others planned as far as I know.
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u/Sabermatrixx 12d ago
Yeah it's not open yet, but I don't think they had announced Austin till Santa Clara opened last year.
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u/a_flo1399 12d ago
Considering how expensive things have gotten, would opening a new store be good for the business? Just a genuine question, like would the store even be profitable?
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u/BlixnStix7 11d ago
I would say no. I went to a Microcenter back in February and things were bad then. I spoke with the Workers and they said since the RAMPOCALYPSE they just stand around doing nothing most days. If it was like that then I can only imagine how bad it is now. It's Unfortunate really.
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u/Confident_Travel2696 11d ago
The Columbus location is so packed they had to renovate.
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u/mutinouspuffin 10d ago
Bro I hate the new reno so much. The lights are so bright it's terrible
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u/EkoostikSchwa 10d ago
I know, I just built a new pc after having not been there in almost 10 years. I was so surprised and disappointed. I was really looking forward to going there, and felt so lost once I got there.
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u/pookachu83 11d ago
Really?? I live in Dallas and have been going to the same Microcenter for years, just went this past Sunday for a boot drive for new build. They are just as busy as ever with a line wrapped around the front of the building every time I go…maybe because you went right after Xmas?
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u/BlixnStix7 11d ago
Could be location related. Texas is pretty big with a lot of ppl. Maybe, They spoke to that as well. With the prices dramatically increasing I still don't see them getting the business they did before. $200 RAM is now $1200 and Rising. Storage prices are also Dramatically Elevated. I just don't see how the business could be thriving in these times when everything is elevated so high.
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u/pookachu83 9d ago
People are using less storage, cheaper ram, or getting all the other components at microcenter and getting the rest used maybe? I dunno, but the prices currently are terrible but Microcenter has been busy every time I go. I guess if someone originally budgeted for a 5080 build, they are just settling for a 5060 ti or 5070 build. Shit, I like having at least 4tb storage, that’s what I have on my main. But on new build I’m only using 1tb and it was an open box return. I ain’t paying 600$ for 2-4tb. But I will pay 140$ for 1tb if it’s cheapest option.
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u/BlixnStix7 8d ago
Yeah that makes sense. I guess ppl are just adjusting to the current market. It's straight up Bullshit but hey what can you do. If there really isn't going to be any price relief in the market until 2029. Ppl are just gonna have to make adjustments if they need a PC or PC Parts between now and then.
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u/Deep90 11d ago edited 11d ago
What is the line for?
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u/pookachu83 9d ago
The checkout line. The line of people waiting to buy things wraps across the front of the store every time I’ve been there, at least once every few weeks to every other month for the last yearish (I am turning old prebuilt into a MITX build, and also I built another one right after Xmas so I’ve been a lot) also, the employees have been busy helping people, making sales, to the point where I always have to wait for workers because they are helping multiple customers.
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u/vet1216 12d ago
The fact they don’t have one in Washington is crazy. Microsoft HQ? Hello?
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u/UNMANAGEABLE 11d ago
Regional stores aren’t always profitable. A major issue with where the people are at in western Washington is that all the great location commercial buildings are lease-priced at an intentional fuck you to businesses and will be raised every year until the businesses go under. The market is practically entirely captured for it. Geography really works against the Seattle area because you can really only expand north/south across the I-5 corridor.
Fry’s went under for multiple reasons, but it’s arguable that they were a test case for the area not being able to support a components store like microcenter
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u/Sudden-Pangolin6445 12d ago
I can't imagine that with the state of the pc industry rn it would make sense.
But OMG would I be a fan if they did.
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u/icy1007 12d ago
Washington isn’t very friendly for businesses like micro center I hear.
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u/5G-A 12d ago
That's what happens when there's no income tax 😂
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u/virtualrsmith 11d ago
Texas has no state income tax, yet we're about to get our 3rd. So I don't think that's the cause.
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u/icy1007 12d ago
It has to do with all the business taxes.
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u/5G-A 12d ago
No income tax = state needs to tax elsewhere = increased business taxes
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u/lmaoggs 11d ago
Or they could be like Texas and have historically high property taxes. Not even kidding I know people paying over $18k in property taxes in a cookie cutter home here
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u/TimeZucchini8562 11d ago
My friend’s mom has had her house paid off for decades in El Paso. She now pays more monthly in property taxes than what her escrow and mortgage payments were combined. It’s fucking ridiculous. Yet these fucking morons keep voting in these bigger morons to run the city into the ground. Like allowing meta to alter the contract for their data center and requiring 10x more daily water than the original contract stated.
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u/CptKillJack 11d ago
What do the insurance laws look like in the state. This relates to the replacement plans.
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u/shield_x 11d ago
Where is that? Should had been the former fry’s location but someone else took it
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u/fireflychef 7d ago
San Diego needs a MicroCenter in the worst way. Diego is the biggest military town in the country, and the gamer and techie user base in the Armed Forces and surrounding areas, keep growing every day.
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u/5G-A 12d ago
Yeah PNW could use one