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Originally Posted by Bmuzyka
What was the computer store on 32nd that shut down 10-15 years ago? They cleared the store overnight and even took people's PCs that were in for repair. Rumor was they were a front for one of the Asian gangs in town.
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OEM Depot. It was called OEM Express when I lived in Ottawa in the early 2000s. They were the go-to place for parts back then.
Dug up an interesting article by a former employee.
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Why am I writing about this? I myself only discovered this closure a week after the fact, though it didn't surprised me in the slightest. I ran that store, and the original store on Macleod Trail SW from summer 2003 until I was forced out in early 2007. In retrospect, it was probably more like escaped, but I'll get into that story a little later. But again why? Probably because upon seeing the carcass, it brought back a fair amount of memories, some admittedly pleasant, but eventually leading to simply pity and regret for a company and owner that lost its way (or maybe never found one to begin with), and wasted incredible potential and opportunity in so many ways.
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