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Fry’s Electronics permanently closing all stores nationwide
KRON 4 ^ | Feb 24, 2021 | KRON4 Staff

Posted on 02/24/2021 1:46:50 AM PST by fwdude

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) – Fry’s Electronics is going out of business.

KRON4 has confirmed that the iconic Bay Area retailer is permanently closing the doors of all stores nationwide.

The company is expected to post closure information on its website early Wednesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at kron4.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: economy; electronics; frys; retail
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To: fwdude

I hate to see Fry’s go to. But, to be honest I haven’t been in one of their stores in years. Actually can’t recall the last time I was in one. I live on the north side of the metroplex and it’s just too much of a hike, traffic, etc, to get to one.


21 posted on 02/24/2021 4:15:18 AM PST by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp, )
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To: fwdude

The very first Fry’s was in a hard-to-find part of Palo Alto, CA. Maybe ten years ago I noticed that their inventory levels of products was always low. Then about five years ago they removed the high shelves and replaced them with chest-high shelves. Inventory continued to shrink. The whole place shut down a year ago. It was obvious it was only a matter of time.

Now where will people go to look at products before buying them on Amazon?


22 posted on 02/24/2021 4:46:10 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Life is short, and work long, opportunity fleeting, experiments dangerous, and judgment hard)
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To: DAC21

The Boston & Kansas MicroCenter locations do rather well.


23 posted on 02/24/2021 4:47:24 AM PST by bobcat62
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To: fwdude
Biden's Fault...

If Liberals can blame Trump for crazy stuff, I can blame Biden for things... 😃

24 posted on 02/24/2021 4:57:30 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Rest In Peace, Rush H. Limbaugh III. You are missed already...)
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To: snoringbear

Same here. Haven’t been in well over a year. I rebuild my PCs from used high end Dells. Big savings and if I destroy something it’s not a big loss $. So far I’ve built 7 or 8 over the years and never had a bad experience. Just order the components as i upgrade them.


25 posted on 02/24/2021 4:59:46 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: FreedomPoster

It seems our economy is becoming dependent on Amazon. I can start a small business that is only viable if I team up with Amazon.

...then what if Amazon doesn’t like me? At the flick of a switch they can turn me off.

Amazon is already way too powerful.


26 posted on 02/24/2021 5:09:22 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Salamander

My wife is shopping for a new PC. She wants a desktop and has been researching options. Essentially there are none where we can go and pick one up. She’ll need to order it.

She’s also getting a laptop.


27 posted on 02/24/2021 5:14:37 AM PST by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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To: fwdude

I remember the Fry’s in San Jose back in the 90’s. You could easily spend a day in there. I was so excited when they opened in GA, then so disappointed when I went in. Not remotely the same store. More on par with Best Buy with the addition of a few odd or obscure items.


28 posted on 02/24/2021 5:15:54 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: ETL

How did you manage to blow up one of my converter EVMs?
What part is that?


29 posted on 02/24/2021 5:46:21 AM PST by AlmaKing
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To: cyclotic

Order a brand name refurb from Newegg.


30 posted on 02/24/2021 5:48:19 AM PST by Noumenon (The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
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To: AlmaKing

Lol!

Those aren’t my photos. I found them online and posted them here as examples of “fried electronics”.


31 posted on 02/24/2021 5:52:39 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! China-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
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To: Noumenon

Thanks. I’ll let her know


32 posted on 02/24/2021 5:55:36 AM PST by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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To: fuzzylogic

I haven’t heard the word ‘anti-trust’ in about 20 years.

Anyone else notice that? We have entire government agencies that are there for no other reason than to prevent monopolies.

When MSFT wouldn’t play ball with the Clinton Admin in the 90’s, Bill threatened to break them into six pieces. I know first hand, because at the time we were consulting MSFT on it. At the time, they had ONE lobbyist in Olympia. From one lobbyist, they created the biggest lobbying function on the planet.

The game is rigged. I heard Paul Allen say, “I cannot believe that they would do this to the company responsible for creating this economy!!”

Mayor of Redmond used to march into Bill Gate’s office demanding this, that, and the other like they were stuck in Redmond.

The Corporatism (Fascism) you see today is directly related to those actions in the 90’s. The guy that first lowered the boom on Bill on playing ball with the D’s was my ex’s cousin. A senator, and a collection of malignant useless cells. He was a senior senator on the Senate Banking Committee during the 2008 meltdown. The man’s life amounted to damage. He made history.

The Establishment wants to kill us all.


33 posted on 02/24/2021 6:04:04 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: fwdude

Sad. You could get anything at Fry’s. I know the family who owns (used to own) this company.


34 posted on 02/24/2021 6:06:14 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: cyclotic

No problem. Then drop Linux Mint on it and you’re good to go.


35 posted on 02/24/2021 6:29:09 AM PST by Noumenon (The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
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To: fwdude

I live near one. Used to stop there frequently if I needed anything electronic or computer related. If their shelves had remained stocked I would have continued to shop there for the convenience. But they have had a “going out of business” attitude for at least a couple of years. Last time I walked in last summer the store was almost entirely empty and I just turned around and left and have not been back. I wondered if they were still open. It is sad to see them go, but they’ve pretty much been gone for at least a couple of years.


36 posted on 02/24/2021 6:48:42 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: ETL

I had two of those Power Amps. Dynaco kits that you built yourself. Of course this was before MOS FETs. Traditional transistor that would overheat and thermally runaway into a fire starter mode. Heavy, no switching power supplies yet.


37 posted on 02/24/2021 7:07:15 AM PST by George from New England
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To: fwdude
I did my PT schooling and internship in the Bay Area during the early 90's. Fry's was a treasure-trove for us new computer geeks. I built and modified several computers using their parts.
Those were the days of BBS's and GIFS's and AOL. There was a "mom and pop" (Uncle Ralphs) computer store in Berkley, not too far from the campus there, on University Avenue. I remember they used to say that whole end of the street looked like it was teleported to the 60's. Bought my first computer there. A 386 2MB RAM, with a 44MB HD. "It's all you'll ever need".. they promised me...Hehehe- when that drive "shat the bed", it cost me $250 to replace it. Updating to 8MB of RAM cost like $300.


Sigh... Sad days for us computer geeks.

....adieu Fry's I knew ye well....

38 posted on 02/24/2021 7:42:45 AM PST by China Clipper ( Animals? I LOVE animals. See? There's one there, right next to the potatoes!)
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To: FreedomPoster
Amazon casualty.

I'd say poor service and crap products probably had more to do with it.

39 posted on 02/24/2021 7:54:32 AM PST by Arones (People say "this is not who we are." Have you not turned on the tv since Memorial Day? -Mark Steyn)
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To: ETL

Still thread spamming I see.

And not discerning enough to recognize the difference between “fry” and “Fry’s”


40 posted on 02/24/2021 8:08:23 AM PST by Mr.Unique
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