From a newsletter, a Ziff-Davis Gearlog blogger reports:

Some CompUSA Stores to reopen

Hey, everyone! Do you miss CompUSA? Yeah, I didn't think so, but I figured that it couldn't hurt to ask. Still, the stores are coming out of their Floridian retirement, with 15 Grand Re-Openings across the Sunshine State thanks to TigerDirect. The online retailer is bringing back those stores and opening up another brand-new one, with promises of "lower prices... new wider selection... and amazing new deals," according to Gizmodo.

CompUSA closed a number of locations early last year, and finished the job with the rest of its stores after the 2007 holiday season.
The Grand Re-Openings come with promises of "specials and surprises" too, which I'm sure will ensure that the whole thing isn't a really bad idea.

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For those in the real world (ie. not Florida) a sidebar provides a link:

CompUSA

The "new" CompUSA site doesn't identify an association with Tiger Direct (a fairly well-known web seller, and probably reliable) - or with any other "new parent," but does show a few "grand-opening" style "sale items" that might be worth a quick look.

It still leaves me with a 200 mile round trip to the nearest place with hardware "on the shelf," but might suggest that eventually someone will start something useful elsewhere. ... maybe.

John