Re: Campbell, CA location (King Tut themed). Their PC component prices were often haphazardly high and tended to not to be the latest/greatest compared to ISVs

Re: Campbell, CA location (King Tut themed). Their PC component prices were often haphazardly high and tended to not to be the latest/greatest compared to ISVs down the street like Pixel USA. Central Computer Systems was more expensive but had/has almost everything. The funny thing is they had perpetually old and overpriced items on the components "menu" wall. And don't forget the shoddy signage and the antique POS system. Fry's Electronics was like a flea market seller got $400M, built some stores, and then hired random people from Circuit City to run it while they sipped piña coladas in absentia. I think they traded on the half-assed outlet appearance plus sensory overload like a Vegas casino to hit people with randomly high prices except for loss leaders and promos. I'll never forget that their San Jose Mercury News promo for OS/2 4.0 spelled it "WRAP" instead of "WARP" in a ridiculously giant, red font on the last page of the business section. PS: I worked at Egghead Software until it closed (killed by Fry's and CompUSA) before starting my own IT consulting company that put me through college.