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GreggD:
From AP News

Funky electronics chain Fry's is no more.
https://apnews.com/article/frys-electronics-closing-9cf141bb1996899d5bd931109eb34f34
dbctronic:
I was waiting for it, no big shocker. Probably would have happened without mean Mr. Covid's help, too.

Now, where's all the liquidated stuff going? Wallets open!  :D
Sal Ammoniac:

--- Quote from: dbctronic on February 25, 2021, 09:58:26 pm ---Now, where's all the liquidated stuff going? Wallets open!  :D

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Most locations don't have much of anything left, and what is left is typically old, shop-worn junk.
drussell:

--- Quote from: dbctronic on February 25, 2021, 09:58:26 pm ---I was waiting for it, no big shocker. Probably would have happened without mean Mr. Covid's help, too.

Now, where's all the liquidated stuff going? Wallets open!  :D
--- End quote ---

I don't think they've really had much actually in stock for years...

raptor1956:

--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on February 25, 2021, 10:56:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: dbctronic on February 25, 2021, 09:58:26 pm ---Now, where's all the liquidated stuff going? Wallets open!  :D

--- End quote ---

Most locations don't have much of anything left, and what is left is typically old, shop-worn junk.

--- End quote ---

That's always a bad sign when a store stops filling the shelves -- the business is bad so you buy less stock and when the customers see empty shelves they leave without buying. 

My mom worked for 20 years at Montgomery Wards but left in the early 80's when she retired.  I remember going there all the time so it was sad to see it shut down about 20 years ago.  I have mixed feeling about Fry's as it was pretty much a Wal*Mart with better stuff and more knowledgeable staff, but they ran the place like Wal*Mart.  You can get most anything online todays and sometimes with same day free delivery -- hard to beat that.  The big guys like Amazon kill brink-and-mortar operation on cost and since they charge about the same they can't compete with Bezos et al.


Brian
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