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Fry's Electronics Going Out of Business?
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Sal Ammoniac:
Fry's could have become what Amazon is today if only their management jumped on the eCommerce bandwagon in the early days and did it right. Instead, they totally botched it and now their huge retail stores sit with empty shelves and few customers. I think they'll be out of business by the end of the year.
nctnico:

--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on November 01, 2019, 03:36:31 pm ---Fry's could have become what Amazon is today if only their management jumped on the eCommerce bandwagon in the early days and did it right. Instead, they totally botched it and now their huge retail stores sit with empty shelves and few customers. I think they'll be out of business by the end of the year.

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The problem with the big retail stores is that they aren't setup logistically to do online business. For example: the last time I ordered something online from Ikea it took them two weeks to deliver. Not because the item wasn't available but because they don't think about online retail.
free_electron:
i was there couple of weeks ago since i needed a docsis modem. They had none. all the selves with networking stuff were empty. i asked an employee if he could check if there was stock. Zip, none, not a single one in all their stores.
The employee suggested i tried their sister stores.

Baffled, (i've lived here for 15 years and never knew fry's had sister stores) i asked which sister stores?

The employee wryly answered : bestbuy and amazon.

The mercury news had an article stating they are negotiating new supplier deals where they want to go to a consignment model. Suppliers are only paid for when goods leave the stores, not when they are on the shelves. I don't think that's gonna fly ...

Central computers has better pricing and better quality and better technical support / knowhow than fry's.
I don't mind the 2 $ difference on a 10$ network cable but not knowing the difference between CAT5 , CAT6 straight and crossover , that cans it for me. All the fry's guys work on commission and don't know the difference between an RJ45 and a cow. They only know how to make you a 'quote' ,which they then print so you can hand it to the cashier and they get their little commission. The real go-getters would make you a quote for a 2$ item. Now they can't even be bothered.
Electronic parts : Anchor electronics on walsh and excess solutions / halted on 7th. Yes, Halted lives on. They got absorbed by excess solutions and lots of their stuff is in that warehouse now.

Gone are the days where every friday Fry's would have an 8 page insert in the newspaper with their specials.
Bud:
Cant their stores technically be converted to warehouses in parnership with say Amazon, to get stuff close to the consumers and expedite delivery?
linux-works:
I used to give lots of business to Central computers; but after they screwed my company over on a supermicro motherboard (that was less than 1 month old, refused to POST and they refused to board-swap us; it took over 2 months down-time.  not even sure how long it took, as I gave up waiting after 2 months time)

that said, microcenter is long gone from the bay area and if you need computer parts that-day, central is one of the few still left.

really miss Halted; will have to see if the new location is at all like the old one. 
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