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Fry's Electronics Going Out of Business?

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windsmurf:

--- Quote from: wilfred on September 28, 2019, 12:47:01 am ---...
I hope they don't start recording people PINs. I cover the keypad.

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I think PIN entry keypads should all be the scrambling type:


JimS:
My first experience with Fry's, as I recall, was at the Sunnyvale store in the mid 90's.
I was like a kid in a candy shop.
Got a Tyan Pentium 90 motherboard with built in SCSI.
Was told by my boss (at the time) that they started as a small grocery store.
Which was why they still had some grocery items.

Any way, I have noticed that the store in Roseville, the shelves are kinda bare.
They did not have nearly the selection of computers, parts and other computer etc hardware.
Plenty of hard drives and networking gear though.
I felt that they were only stocking items that have the highest volume of sales.

So they look to be going the way of Radio Shack.
Looks like mail order did them in, just like the computer fairs in Sacramento.

On the other hand Fry's grocery chain, AFAIK, in Tucson is still a going concern.

xrunner:

--- Quote from: windsmurf on September 28, 2019, 02:58:05 am ---
I think PIN entry keypads should all be the scrambling type:

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But what about the people who use a pattern and don't remember the numbers? :-DD

Sal Ammoniac:

--- Quote from: JimS on September 28, 2019, 08:08:21 am ---Was told by my boss (at the time) that they started as a small grocery store.
Which was why they still had some grocery items.
...
On the other hand Fry's grocery chain, AFAIK, in Tucson is still a going concern.
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The grocery chain was started by the parents. The electronics chain was started by the kids. Otherwise, they are completely independent.

bob91343:
I believe the Fry's grocery operation is (or was) owned by Kroger.

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