A lot of good memories of walking down the fry's isles and making a project up on the fly. On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 4:13 PM Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > On 2/24/21 2:08 PM, Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Finally. Good riddance. Their customer service was the worst. > > > >> On Feb 24, 2021, at 1:05 PM, Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss > >> wrote: > >> > >> Yeah, nice of them to tell us, the general public, that they were > >> closing their doors. I went up to the Frys electronics last week to > >> shop for some hardware. The shelves were almost bare, but prices were > >> still at pre-covid levels. About the only indication that things were > >> happening was the store had a much smaller customer area footprint and > >> that some shelves were empty and products out of stock. > >> > >> I only learned on twitter last night about 3 hours before midnight > >> local time that Frys would be closing their doors and terminating the > >> website. > >> > >> Oh well, now I guess it’s down to Newegg, GreyBar and Amazon to pick > >> up the slack. If anyone happens to have other retailers that we, as > >> the open source community, should support, then posting here wouldn’t > >> be a bad idea. > >> > >> -Eric > >> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Consignment Dept. > >> > >> > >>> On Feb 24, 2021, at 12:07 PM, AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss > >>> >>> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Looks like Fry's Electronics finally bit the dust. :( > >>> > >>> > https://news.yahoo.com/frys-electronics-closes-nationwide-055027690.html > > I will miss Fry's. Nowhere else could you walk down an aisle of nothing > but resistors, capacitors, and bread boards. > > Newegg has my money these days though. They're one of the few retailers > that actively push back against patent trolls, and don't immediately > cave in. > > -Matt > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com