[ale] Where have all the computer store gone

[Bob Toxen]

Well Fry's Duluth tried to cheat me twice including putting broken returned merchandise back on
the shelves so I stopped shopping there for anything except what I could not find elsewhere,
like electronic parts.

Microcenter Duluth treats me GREAT!  They even allow returns and warranty repairs beyond
written limits!  Of course they do know me and I spend thousands a year there. ;^)

Bob Toxen

"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where
the shadows lie...and the Eye is everwatching"
-- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh with ... Bob

On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 05:57:05PM -0400, Lnx Gnome via Ale wrote:
> COVID issues were my take when I visited Fry's in Milton a couple of
> weeks ago. Very bare shelves for most everything, not just computers,
> because no one was visiting the store.  Even the parking lot was
> almost empty. Of quick note were the big signs that said "Order
> Online, Pickup Here" that were prominent on the front of the building.
> 
> Vision has gotten odd parts for me before that MC/Frys are too
> mainstream to carry.  Love Vision for that.
> 
> On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 4:16 PM Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> >
> > Fry's sales of computers has shifted to places where they know it's
> > still profitable.  The flagship stores in California still sell plenty
> > of computer hardware, electronic parts, appliances and random other
> > things.  There's still a market for walk-in same-day hardware in a few
> > places.
> >
> > Of course COVID has hampered a lot of that.
> >
> > On 2020-10-16 12:03, Chuck Payne via Ale wrote:
> > > They had no computers, I sent a text to my son. There were very few parts,
> > > Fry's is dying.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2020, 2:26 PM Ethan <dev.null.02 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> What? Frys sells tons of computers.
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 2:24 PM Chuck Payne via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Even Fry's doesn't have computer stuff, last time I when in July, there
> > >>> were no computers. Sad.
> > >>>
> > >>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 2:23 PM Jerald Sheets <questy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Microcenter and Fry???s.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> That???s about it these days.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Anyway, does anyone have a good computer store to go too?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
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