PartStore.com
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PartStore.com is a major online parts retailer Consumer Electronics
, Major Appliances, HVAC
, Outdoor Power Equipment, Fitness
, Lighting, Medical Equipment, Broadcasting Equipment, and Wireless
Batteries & Adapters and is listed in Internet Retailer's Top 500 largest e-retailers. It is part of larger company Partsearch Technologies
. Partstore.com offered expert advice and money saving solutions to prolong the lifespan of electronic gadgets and optimize battery performance.
PartStore.com also ran an Active Duty Delivery Program, where they allowed and delivered goods to soldiers working overseas. Starting in 2006, the program delivered direct to APO mailboxes
. The program also provided discounts for those who take advantage of the service.
Aligning with its parent company, Partsearch, PartStore.com implemented a Green initiative to help keep old electronics from entering landfills.
Partstore's website was down for a few days, after the company lost its largest client and had to layoff the majority of its staff.
Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. won the auction last week to buy Partsearch Technologies Inc., PartStore.com's parent company, which filed for Chapter 11 protection on January 27, 2011 in Manhattan Best Buy had been Partsearch’s largest customer.
The first bid at auction, $2.875 million, came from Eldis Inc. PartStore.com / Partsearch listed assets for $4 million and total liabilities of $13 million. On top of the $5.9 million owing to Best Buy, liabilities include $7 million in trade payables plus an undetermined amount for labor law violations for firing workers without required notice.
The case is In re Partsearch Technologies Inc., 11-10282, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District New York (Manhattan).
As of 9/28/11 the website is still up and operating. Underneath the logo is a tagline reading 'A Best Buy Brand'.
PartStore.com has millions of parts, ranging from appliance parts to computer accessories, and other replacement parts. PartStore offers uncommon parts, projector lamps, commonly misplaced or broken components & accessories, and add-ons for household electronics and appliances.
Consumer electronics
Consumer electronics are electronic equipment intended for everyday use, most often in entertainment, communications and office productivity. Radio broadcasting in the early 20th century brought the first major consumer product, the broadcast receiver...
, Major Appliances, HVAC
HVAC
HVAC refers to technology of indoor or automotive environmental comfort. HVAC system design is a major subdiscipline of mechanical engineering, based on the principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer...
, Outdoor Power Equipment, Fitness
Physical fitness
Physical fitness comprises two related concepts: general fitness , and specific fitness...
, Lighting, Medical Equipment, Broadcasting Equipment, and Wireless
Wireless
Wireless telecommunications is the transfer of information between two or more points that are not physically connected. Distances can be short, such as a few meters for television remote control, or as far as thousands or even millions of kilometers for deep-space radio communications...
Batteries & Adapters and is listed in Internet Retailer's Top 500 largest e-retailers. It is part of larger company Partsearch Technologies
Partsearch Technologies
Partsearch Technologies, a Manhattan-based company, started in 2001, had compiled an online catalog of more than eight million spare parts for electronics, appliances and other items...
. Partstore.com offered expert advice and money saving solutions to prolong the lifespan of electronic gadgets and optimize battery performance.
History
Launched in 2003, the website was originally PartSolver.com as the representatives that worked for PartStore.com were titled Parts Solvers. The founders of Partsearch Technologies, Dean Summers and Glenn Laumeister are responsible for the creation of the website. Since its release PartStore.com also jumped 115 places from #401 in 2005 to #286 on the Internet Retailers Top 500 List. The 2010 list ranks Partstore.com at number 286 overall and number 8 in the hardware/home improvement category.PartStore.com also ran an Active Duty Delivery Program, where they allowed and delivered goods to soldiers working overseas. Starting in 2006, the program delivered direct to APO mailboxes
Military mail
A primary feature of military mail systems is that normally they are subsidized to ensure that military mail posted between duty stations abroad and the home country does not cost the sender any more than normal domestic mail traffic...
. The program also provided discounts for those who take advantage of the service.
Aligning with its parent company, Partsearch, PartStore.com implemented a Green initiative to help keep old electronics from entering landfills.
Partstore's website was down for a few days, after the company lost its largest client and had to layoff the majority of its staff.
Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. won the auction last week to buy Partsearch Technologies Inc., PartStore.com's parent company, which filed for Chapter 11 protection on January 27, 2011 in Manhattan Best Buy had been Partsearch’s largest customer.
The first bid at auction, $2.875 million, came from Eldis Inc. PartStore.com / Partsearch listed assets for $4 million and total liabilities of $13 million. On top of the $5.9 million owing to Best Buy, liabilities include $7 million in trade payables plus an undetermined amount for labor law violations for firing workers without required notice.
The case is In re Partsearch Technologies Inc., 11-10282, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District New York (Manhattan).
As of 9/28/11 the website is still up and operating. Underneath the logo is a tagline reading 'A Best Buy Brand'.
Slogans, Taglines
The PartStore.com slogan on the official website is "America's Largest Parts Superstore"PartStore.com has millions of parts, ranging from appliance parts to computer accessories, and other replacement parts. PartStore offers uncommon parts, projector lamps, commonly misplaced or broken components & accessories, and add-ons for household electronics and appliances.