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> Fry's Electronics .... Oh my gosh, I was in my local Fry's last week, and the store was in such bad shape. It was mid-afternoon on a Saturday, and there wer

> Fry's Electronics .... Oh my gosh, I was in my local Fry's last week, and the store was in such bad shape. It was mid-afternoon on a Saturday, and there were only a dozen cars in the parking lot. So I thought that was strange right off the bat. We go in, and so many shelves were empty. I wanted to get a new PC power supply, and they had hardly any stock. We went to a Microcenter later, and it was still a going concern. Chatted with a sales guy who actually seemed to know the products. I think it is the last decent computer store in the area.

beatgammit 7y ago
Man, I wish I had a crappy Fry's in my area, all I have is Best Buy, and they overprice everything and don't care a good selection. I miss living near Fry's. I miss being able to want X and have it in the same day and also have a place where I can do a swap in the same day without dealing with postage. I've been trying to limit how much I buy on Amazon because I don't want to worry about getting something different than I ordered (among other reasons), or have to worry about getting counterfeit stuff. So I'm basically down to Newegg, and while they're fairly prompt, I don't buy enough to make Premier worth it, so I don't have 2-day shipping, which makes it even less convenient. I'm really quite sad that these stores seem to be going away.
- PhantomGremlin 7y ago
  Man, I wish I had a crappy Fry's in my area No, no you don't. I noticed the same thing a few months ago and did a search then. I found this thread which I bookmarked. So this isn't a new phenomenon any more: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/YbiPZw8 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/YbiPZw8 My experience with the store in Wilsonville Oregon matches those comments. QFT here: The Wilsonville, Oregon store hasn't had stock for over 6 months. Even longer for desktops and laptops. Last month I visited and there were whole aisles empty. ENTIRE AISLES. This is no "remodel" or "change in inventory system". They're on their last legs. Very sad. End of an era.
  - Gibbon1 7y ago
    Everything retail is dying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_apocalypse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_apocalypse
  - labster 7y ago
    OMG, I'm glad I mentioned Fry's. Maybe I'll stop by my local store one last time before it goes to the Great Mall in the Sky. From the comments listed there, it looks like my local store is already running out of things to sell.
    - ansible 7y ago
      I wouldn't recommend buying anything that you might ever need to return to the store...
      - labster 7y ago
        Given the customer service at the returns counter, that was already my approach. Compare the experience at Costco, which someone probably mentioned in this thread.
EricE 7y ago
>Oh my gosh, I was in my local Fry's last week, and the store was in such bad shape. The one in Las Vegas has been going downhill for a while, but the last six months were really staggering. Last August I got a good deal on a Garmin dash cam there. Saturday I was in looking for some other stuff and passed by that section and they didn't have one dash cam anywhere. Not even one! In one isle of car stereo components I guess one enterprising employee had spread out single bags of the same components up and down the isle to fill it in, but the general state of the store was beyond pathetic. There were only Samsung TV's and monitors in the store - no other brand (probably because Samsung is paying them). Oh how the mighty have fallen. Sadly Vegas doesn't have a Microcenter. There are a few local stores like outletpc.com - but those guys aren't open on the weekend.

beatgammit 7y ago

Man, I wish I had a crappy Fry's in my area, all I have is Best Buy, and they overprice everything and don't care a good selection. I miss living near Fry's. I miss being able to want X and have it in the same day and also have a place where I can do a swap in the same day without dealing with postage. I've been trying to limit how much I buy on Amazon because I don't want to worry about getting something different than I ordered (among other reasons), or have to worry about getting counterfeit stuff. So I'm basically down to Newegg, and while they're fairly prompt, I don't buy enough to make Premier worth it, so I don't have 2-day shipping, which makes it even less convenient. I'm really quite sad that these stores seem to be going away.

PhantomGremlin 7y ago
Man, I wish I had a crappy Fry's in my area No, no you don't. I noticed the same thing a few months ago and did a search then. I found this thread which I bookmarked. So this isn't a new phenomenon any more: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/YbiPZw8 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/YbiPZw8 My experience with the store in Wilsonville Oregon matches those comments. QFT here: The Wilsonville, Oregon store hasn't had stock for over 6 months. Even longer for desktops and laptops. Last month I visited and there were whole aisles empty. ENTIRE AISLES. This is no "remodel" or "change in inventory system". They're on their last legs. Very sad. End of an era.
- Gibbon1 7y ago
  Everything retail is dying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_apocalypse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_apocalypse
- labster 7y ago
  OMG, I'm glad I mentioned Fry's. Maybe I'll stop by my local store one last time before it goes to the Great Mall in the Sky. From the comments listed there, it looks like my local store is already running out of things to sell.
  - ansible 7y ago
    I wouldn't recommend buying anything that you might ever need to return to the store...
    - labster 7y ago
      Given the customer service at the returns counter, that was already my approach. Compare the experience at Costco, which someone probably mentioned in this thread.

EricE 7y ago

>Oh my gosh, I was in my local Fry's last week, and the store was in such bad shape. The one in Las Vegas has been going downhill for a while, but the last six months were really staggering. Last August I got a good deal on a Garmin dash cam there. Saturday I was in looking for some other stuff and passed by that section and they didn't have one dash cam anywhere. Not even one! In one isle of car stereo components I guess one enterprising employee had spread out single bags of the same components up and down the isle to fill it in, but the general state of the store was beyond pathetic. There were only Samsung TV's and monitors in the store - no other brand (probably because Samsung is paying them). Oh how the mighty have fallen. Sadly Vegas doesn't have a Microcenter. There are a few local stores like outletpc.com - but those guys aren't open on the weekend.