[OT] -- Fry's and other retailers

Eric Richardson eric@milagrosoft.com
Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:26:33 -0700


Robert Hendley wrote:
> 
> I am supprised to hear that there return policy is an asset. Thats good news I had heard from many customers the oppsite in the past.
> BTW so no one wast there time we do not carry low end brands. Only Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Toshiba, HK, JBL. We carry Lots of Big Screens
> (HD, Analog) Direct View, Projectors (DLP,LCD)
> Home Theater Audio and VCR's, DVD's and Accessories. We are venturing into Home Automation as well, any thoughts on this? (Brands,
> Systems etc..)we plan on outfitting the show room with a whole functiong systems. Is linux a player in this area?

You can certainly use linux to control household X10 devices.
Eric :-)

> 
> 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.
> > >
> > ---
> > 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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