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| bob91343:
I was at Fry's in Woodland Hills last month to buy a microwave oven. The didn't have stock in the size I wanted so the clerk did a check of other stores. He said no, it would have to be back ordered and would take a while. Needless to say, I bought the oven I wanted elsewhere. But yes the store was nearly empty of customers and merchandise. I don't think it's greed so much as disinterest. Whoever manages it, doesn't. |
| maginnovision:
The frys in that video is near torrance and I went to that store somewhat often a couple years ago and he's right, it was usually packed(and it's a SMALL lot for a frys, and a small frys) although I have no idea when he was there. Woodland hills has usually been about 1/4-1/2 full parking lot. It actually only started going downhill there recently with a bit of the store empty, big sales it still gets pretty busy. The frys in Anaheim is still usually pretty decent but I haven't been there in a couple months. I really think the thing that kills it, especially now, is the easy returns. At this point you can go and borrow something then if you decide you like it you return it and find the cheapest one online. Their local delivery isn't quick, the good sales aren't often... I've still used it when I needed random things right now but I guess that might not last either. |
| edavid:
Fry’s tries to quell rumors of its demise as customers worry about empty shelves https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/10/frys-tries-to-quell-rumors-of-its-demise-as-customers-worry-about-empty-shelves/ |
| CatalinaWOW:
They can blame Amazon, but it has been a long downhill slide starting long before Amazon made any real difference. In my mind they reached their apex sometime in the mid 80s and it has been downhill since. It was once shear magic to go into one of their stores and see anything you could imagine stuffing in or around a desktop computer at prices at or below anyplace else I could find. All the other stuff was nice too. The parts. The test gear and so on, which was as said before, not fantastic, but better than anywhere else. As the desktop world began to lose its magic and relatively non customizable laptops began to take over they lost some of their edge, and it just kept going. I have dropped in a few times in the last decade when I am in a city with a store and have only found one thing worth buying in any of those visits. They are like the DEC of retail electronics. They found a niche, exploited it and then didn't notice when the niche started going away. It will be sad to see them gone, but that is what happens when you don't change with the market. |
| schmitt trigger:
The NTE components in Shango’s video surely brought back memories. Those and Sylvania’s ECGs, were a given on any TV repair shop. |
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