hdw, may be somewhat OT

[Shawn Badger]

>From my understanding Frys does not own the inventory, instead they
lease space out to the manufactures. To me this means that most of the
items in the store are factory refurbished or seconds. 
Yes, they do have a very liberal return policy which is good. At some
point thought I got tired of standing in the line waiting to exchange
the broken part for another one that may or may not break again in 30
days.


On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 07:37 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 07:19 -0700, Shawn Badger wrote:
> > Maybe your philosophy should have been somethign like this:
> > 	
> > 	Friends don't let friends buy motherboards from Fry's
> ----
> LOL
> ----
> > 
> > 
> > Frys is good for cables and simple things, but everything else I have
> > purchased there has died and needed to be returned. Eventually I got
> > smart and quit buying any thing there more complicated than cables. Just
> > my opinion though.
> > 
> ----
> Fry's has an extremely liberal return policy and I applaud them for
> that.
> 
> One of the things I have noticed is that their motherboards have a
> shocking high percentage of their famed 'wsod' (return stickers) and I
> have not been able to find out why that is.
> 
> I have purchased a lot of motherboards from Fry's without issue though
> (including 'wsod' affixed labels) - and their return policy is quite
> liberal so I think the convenience factor along with their rather
> considerable inventory does make them a viable option.
> 
> Craig
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change  you mail settings:
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>