Goodbye Fry's

[Sean Roe]

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 at 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 at 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
>> >> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> 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
>> >>> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
>> >>> <mailto:plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>> 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
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