Fry's Electronics
This chain has always been my go to for hardware and software. Used to go every weekend with my dad and check out all the cool and wacky stuff they sold (that astronaut ice cream was the bomb and so were the light up pins).
Remember seeing my first Alienware on display there and just knew I had to have it. Boy, 4GB of ram was a huge selling point then.
Recently though the stores have been baron. They have little selection of HDD & SSD's but what they do have is priced = to Amazon. What's funny is the Adult Only DVD section is full.
They say they have gotten 170+ companies on a consignment supply model and they've stopped stocking stores for the brief moment as they work that out. HOWEVER, looks like they are in some legal $hit: https://www.ledinside.com/news/2019/10/seoul_semiconductor_obtains_permanent_injunction_against_philips_tv_product
Really hoping for another epic Black Friday.
Have any of you been to your Fry's Electronics lately? Or did you used to go?
This is the general state of the store by me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8bEcgJRShw&pbjreload=10
P.S. In every store there is a mini movie theater hidden inside with a big sofa and a massive sound system.
Posted Nov 11, 2019, 6:12 PM UTC · edited
Went there 4 weeks ago to the one in San Fran area.
It was sad. Nothing much around on the shelves. Very limited stocks. It had a “store closing” feel to it. Also the employees didn’t look like they were happy to be there.
The one items that was full was the soda fridge.
What a strange happening. Sad too.
I applied there for a summer job both online and in person with their application forms to never hear back.
One employee has been at my store for 10+ years and when I went there recently he wasn't his normal happy self. Seemed angry and frustrated.
Very sad. Went in there to look for a few cables and left with 2 out of the 3.
The moral there is gone. I remember always “How is your day? Do you need help looking for anything” and when I went in there, nothing.
The only items that had plenty of stock was the soda fridge.
I needed two power cables and display port cable. Found 2 power cables. Display port cables were empty except for a few display port to mini display port. But I didn’t find adapters for mini to fill display port. Very sad to go in there.
I had to “let’s go to frys” attitude then I walk in there and went “wtf”
That sounds similar to my last visit 2 days ago. I will be going back today though to hopefully pick up a couple of things in their flier.
Went looking for a mouse for a buddy and welp, the entire isle was barren aside from a couple off brand $10 mice. They did have some Corsair ones but none of which I was hoping to find.
And I totally feel the same way. Always was hyped to go there, would sometimes go and stay in the cafe for a while with my m11x at the time. They had some bomb shakes if my memory serves me correctly.
Ordered a shake over the summer there and the poor lady behind the counter looked like she hadn't had made one for months or maybe even years.
Ah yes. They did have some great shakes. Man! I completely forgot about that. So many great memories in there.
Testing out the PS4 VR stuff, my first PC VR experience there, always walked out buying a knife or flashlight, always had all the odd items, eating lunch there, and of course the service there was too notch. They steered me away from gimmicks and gave info on what to look for and to even search Newegg if they didn’t have it. Just great service.
They will be missed. I hope they figure it out. I would hate to see them shut down. I travel for work and I went to Frys because all of them were different and had a theme to their store. Everyone else has a restaurant or bar they want to visit. Me, personally, I look for a Frys to visit.
I spent a lot of time in Indy one too.