[ale] Where have all the computer store gone

[Jim Kinney]

SWMBO has a strict policy sheet on file at both places - if I walk in alone, call her for credit card approval.  :-)



On November 17, 2020 2:21:27 PM EST, Steve Tynor via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>I also heart Microcenter.   The only other store I can think of that
>has 
>such as well trained, eager to help staff would be Handy Ace hardware
>in 
>Tucker.
>
>Steve
>
>On 11/17/20 2:15 PM, Bob Toxen via Ale 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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