[OT] -- Fry's and other retailers
Vaughn Treude
vaughn@nakota-software.com
Tue, 13 Feb 2001 10:07:54 -0700
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Craig White wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Kevin
> > Buettner
> > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 11:00 PM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: [OT] -- Fry's and other retailers
> >
> >
> > On Feb 12, 9:26pm, Brian Cluff wrote:
> >
> > > > Walts Tv & Home Theater
> > > > In Tempe since 1957
> > >
> > > Good to know. I would rather my money lined the pockets of a
> > fellow pluger
> > > than someone unknown, or even worse, one of the big corps. (Unless they
> > > price gouge, but I somehow doubt that if you've been in business all the
> > > long.)
> >
> > I purchased a high end VCR from Walt's recently. I called around to
> > a number of local stores (including Fry's), but Walt's had the best
> > price on this item. IIRC, the price at Walt's was around $100 less
> > than at Fry's. I will definitely shop there again.
> >
> ---
I have to agree with Craig on that. If I'm looking for a good price, I usually order something over the Internet. Although if there
are good small shops here on the west side, I'd certainly like to start patronizing them. (I used to be a big fan of Software City,
and was really bummed when they closed.) I probably go to Fry's out of laziness more than anything else. The Home Depot analogy that
somebody made earlier was a good one; don't expect to go there and get lots of help. Luckily, when it comes to electronics, I don't
need help; I generally know what I'm doing, so Fry's isn't a big deal. Hardware (power tools, etc.), on the other hand, is another
animal for me. I usually need a friend to act as a "Home Depot consultant."
Also, I agree with the return policy thing. I've gone through some real hassles with places like "Best Buy" that want to charge you an
enormous restocking fee. There was a case where another consultant and I had to buy a laptop on short notice for an installation
trip. The thing didn't work out for us, and not having time to troubleshoot a Windows box, we returned it a few hours later. They
tried to burn us for several hundred dollars and returned the money the following week only after my colleague complained to several
managers. So now I try not to buy anything bigger than a CD at Best Buy. At least I haven't expericence Fry's trying to pull that
kind of crap.
Vaughn Treude
Nakota Software
>
>
> For the most part - Fry's pricing is standard retail. The specials can be
> good pricing but their biggest asset is inventory and return policy - not
> pricing.
>
> Craig
>
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Craig White wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>> -----Original Message-----
<br>> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
<br>> [<a href="mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us">mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us</a>]On
Behalf Of Kevin
<br>> Buettner
<br>> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 11:00 PM
<br>> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
<br>> Subject: Re: [OT] -- Fry's and other retailers
<br>>
<br>>
<br>> On Feb 12, 9:26pm, Brian Cluff wrote:
<br>>
<br>> > > Walts Tv & Home Theater
<br>> > > In Tempe since 1957
<br>> >
<br>> > Good to know. I would rather my money lined the pockets of
a
<br>> fellow pluger
<br>> > than someone unknown, or even worse, one of the big corps. (Unless
they
<br>> > price gouge, but I somehow doubt that if you've been in business
all the
<br>> > long.)
<br>>
<br>> I purchased a high end VCR from Walt's recently. I called around
to
<br>> a number of local stores (including Fry's), but Walt's had the best
<br>> price on this item. IIRC, the price at Walt's was around $100 less
<br>> than at Fry's. I will definitely shop there again.
<br>>
<br>---</blockquote>
I have to agree with Craig on that. If I'm looking for a good price,
I usually order something over the Internet. Although if there
are good small shops here on the west side, I'd certainly like to start
patronizing them. (I used to be a big fan of Software City, and was
really bummed when they closed.) I probably go to Fry's out of laziness
more than anything else. The Home Depot analogy that somebody made
earlier was a good one; don't expect to go there and get lots of help.
Luckily, when it comes to electronics, I don't need help; I generally know
what I'm doing, so Fry's isn't a big deal. Hardware (power tools,
etc.), on the other hand, is another animal for me. I usually
need a friend to act as a "Home Depot consultant."
<p>Also, I agree with the return policy thing. I've gone through
some real hassles with places like "Best Buy" that want to charge you an
enormous restocking fee. There was a case where another consultant
and I had to buy a laptop on short notice for an installation trip.
The thing didn't work out for us, and not having time to troubleshoot a
Windows box, we returned it a few hours later. They tried to burn
us for several hundred dollars and returned the money the following week
only after my colleague complained to several managers. So now I
try not to buy anything bigger than a CD at Best Buy. At least I
haven't expericence Fry's trying to pull that kind of crap.
<p>Vaughn Treude
<br>Nakota Software
<blockquote TYPE=CITE> </blockquote>
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<br>For the most part - Fry's pricing is standard retail. The specials
can be
<br>good pricing but their biggest asset is inventory and return policy
- not
<br>pricing.
<p>Craig
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