"Howard Brazee" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:22:53 -0400, "Scout"
wrote:

However, they are often willing to buy component built systems because
they
are better or cheaper than named PC packages.
Quite a few people make a living supplying people with such systems
customized to their specific desires.

Most of my computers have been those. But the local stores that made
my computers have all closed and not been replaced.

True, it's largely moved to mail order since that way you don't have the
overhead of a store front, or if you do maintain a store front, it's just to
pick up the occasional sale while you're processing the bulk of your
business through internet orders.