[ale] Where have all the computer store gone

[Pete Hardie]

+1 for Microcenter. Never had anything bad from them, except one slightly
push laptop sales guy, who was just mildly annoying


On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 2:15 PM Bob Toxen via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Well Fry's Duluth tried to cheat me twice including putting broken
> returned merchandise back on
> the shelves so I stopped shopping there for anything except what I could
> not find elsewhere,
> like electronic parts.
>
> Microcenter Duluth treats me GREAT!  They even allow returns and warranty
> repairs beyond
> written limits!  Of course they do know me and I spend thousands a year
> there. ;^)
>
> Bob Toxen
>
> "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
> them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where
> the shadows lie...and the Eye is everwatching"
> -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh with ... Bob
>
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 05:57:05PM -0400, Lnx Gnome via Ale wrote:
> > COVID issues were my take when I visited Fry's in Milton a couple of
> > weeks ago. Very bare shelves for most everything, not just computers,
> > because no one was visiting the store.  Even the parking lot was
> > almost empty. Of quick note were the big signs that said "Order
> > Online, Pickup Here" that were prominent on the front of the building.
> >
> > Vision has gotten odd parts for me before that MC/Frys are too
> > mainstream to carry.  Love Vision for that.
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 4:16 PM Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Fry's sales of computers has shifted to places where they know it's
> > > still profitable.  The flagship stores in California still sell plenty
> > > of computer hardware, electronic parts, appliances and random other
> > > things.  There's still a market for walk-in same-day hardware in a few
> > > places.
> > >
> > > Of course COVID has hampered a lot of that.
> > >
> > > On 2020-10-16 12:03, Chuck Payne via Ale wrote:
> > > > They had no computers, I sent a text to my son. There were very few
> parts,
> > > > Fry's is dying.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2020, 2:26 PM Ethan <dev.null.02 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> What? Frys sells tons of computers.
> > > >>
> > > >> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 2:24 PM Chuck Payne via Ale <ale at ale.org>
> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Even Fry's doesn't have computer stuff, last time I when in July,
> there
> > > >>> were no computers. Sad.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 2:23 PM Jerald Sheets <questy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> Microcenter and Fry???s.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> That???s about it these days.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Anyway, does anyone have a good computer store to go too?
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>
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