I just thought of this: Strippers and cutters: Some of my ex girlfreinds On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 6:29 PM James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > 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 > --------------------------------------------------- > 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