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I also remember PixelUSA, JDR Microdevices, and NCA Peripherals. In high school, I was an assistant manager at the Egghead Software store on Blossom Hill Rd. u
by doggodaddo78 6y ago
I also remember PixelUSA, JDR Microdevices, and NCA Peripherals.
In high school, I was an assistant manager at the Egghead Software store on Blossom Hill Rd. until it shutdown (killed by CompUSA and other big stores, which were mostly killed by BestBuy, Newegg, Amazon, and the internet). The model of tiny, local software stores selling plain cardboard or plastic bag software could never compete with hypermarts like CompUSA, BestBuy, or Walmart, or the internet (Newegg, Amazon, etc.).
Central Computer and MicroCenter are still in business!
- jedberg 6y agoYeah, I've found myself going to Central Computer the last few times I needed something that Fry's didn't have. But it's just not the same as going into that massive warehouse. ..
- doggodaddo78 6y agoIKR. Silicon Valley (and Seattle, Portland, RTP, and Austin) need a 24/7 "tech" convenience store like B&H Photo but with electronic components, equipment, and odds-ends hardware, software, biohackers, makers, and inventor-entrepreneurs need immediately. Throw in a coffee shop like some Fry's had but bigger and cooler (Buck's of Woodside-style). I noticed Fry's were declining when their electronic components section atrophied, shelves were pulled-out, shelves weren't filled, and there wasn't as much foot-traffic.
- jedberg 6y agoThe sign of the fall for me was when they removed the wall of CPUs and RAM.
- doggodaddo78 6y agoSigh. Yeah, that's a slow and sad death. Someone should write "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Fry's Electronics Empire." I'm sure there are business lessons to be learned, like not slacking off in brick-n-mortar retail or store-equivalent online sales. Fry's online sales were never good and they didn't keep up; honestly, I think they survived so long out of location and existence more than business acumen.