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BRICK-AND-MORTAR STORE
Overall satisfaction
Product selection
Best prices
Product information, buying advice
Return experience
Store design
Customer willingness to recommend
Office Depot
Above average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Above average
Average
Staples
Above average
Below average
Average
Average
Above average
Above average
Above average
Fry's
Average
Above average
Above average
Average
Below average
Average
Above average
OfficeMax
Average
Average
Average
Average
Average
Above average
Average
Circuit City
Average
Above average
Below average
Average
Average
Average
Below average
Costco
Average
Below average
Above average
n/a
Above average
Below average
Above average
Sam's Club
Average
Below average
Above average
n/a
n/a
Below average
Above average
Best Buy
Average
Average
Below average
Average
Below average
Below average
Average
CompUSA/Good Guys
Below average
Above average
Below average
Average
Below average
Average
Below average
Wal-Mart
Below average
Below average
Above average
Below average
Average
Below average
Below average
n/a = Not applicable; the store did not receive enough responses to be rated. CHART NOTES: Stores are ranked by the overall satisfaction rating, and then by the total number of positive and negative ratings. Source: Survey of 5923 PC World readers and PCWorld.com site visitors from March 2 through March 15, 2006.