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The only time I've ever been into a Fry's (due to not living near one) was around 2010 in the Sacramento CA area. It was so huge that I genuinely got dizzy and
by geocrasher 6y ago
The only time I've ever been into a Fry's (due to not living near one) was around 2010 in the Sacramento CA area. It was so huge that I genuinely got dizzy and had to work hard to focus to see individual items (It's a thing that happens to me when there is a lot of "input" for lack of a better term). I suspect that the cavernous real estate (and its cost) only hastened their demise.
- BuyMyBitcoins 6y agoCavernous is such an apt description. Fry’s uses giant warehouse sized buildings and even the distance in between racks and aisles is wide. I also remember the checkout lines having dozens of empty checkout stations that I never saw used. I always assumed they were there for Black Friday or something.
- mc32 6y ago>Cavernous Apropos, didn't the one in Sunnyvale become an REI?
- bigmattystyles 6y agoSports Basement - they kept the enter key on the door though. To be fair when Fry's left that building, it's because they built a bigger one down the street, the one with the sinc function as a logo. It was a glorious experience in the 90s.
- mc32 6y ago> they kept the enter key on the door though That's a nice touch/nod! Thanks for the correction, yeah SportsBasement. I went mostly to the one off Portage.
- unsatchmo 6y agoI distinctly recall that location is where we bought the legend of Zelda back in the 80’s when it first came out. Gonna miss fry’s.
- bnjms 6y agoThey were from back in the day when Fry’s would hire extra people for the holidays and staff nearly every register. Also back then stores would fill space with extra registers. I was nostalgic and sad when I saw they had removed half their local registers. They had (bought) one of the earliest web retail stores. They ought to have become New Egg with a mini Best Buy and RadioShack for locals. But that’s hindsight and I couldn’t have done it.
- abc_lisper 6y agoHey, I have the same issue. I get dizzy inside malls too
- geocrasher 6y agoThanks for commenting! I appreciate knowing I'm not alone in this. It's very unnerving when it happens. I pride myself in being spatially oriented, and when I get into huge spaces with lots of distractions, my brain does weird things.
- wishinghand 6y agoHappens to me at Comic con, but not concerts before the band goes on. Not sure what triggers it. I’ve been to busy cities with lots of neon too.
- m463 6y agoI think they owned their real estate (although there were probably taxes)
- ridgeguy 6y agoMy one memory of the Sacramento Fry's is buying a 5 lb GummiBear to prank a friend. Not 5 lbs of GummiBears, a single 5 lb GummiBear. Sorry to see the stores close.
- tanseydavid 6y agoGoing to Fry's without a VERY specific shopping list was always dangerous for me. I could blow 3 hours in a Fry's just browsing and barely notice the time that had passed.