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Re: Fry's Electronics closing permanently

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On 25/02/2021 20:09, Questor wrote:
> One of the last signature Silicon Valley retail icons has fallen.  Fry's
> Electronics is closing its doors for good.  Although they're blaming the
> pandemic, the stores have been circling the drain for a couple of years.  I read
> reports of aisles and aisles of empty shelves, with nothing to buy. Employees
> gave vague answers when asked about restocking.  It was apparent that they were
> having cash flow problems, and that their suppliers were no longer extending
> credit.  I'm surprised they held on this long.
> 

Visited the Las Vegas Fry's store in 2006 and later in 2016. Both times 
it looked a real ramshackle of a department store (beds, furniture?), 
domestic electricals, Audio, TV, a music store and an enthusiast section 
of PC bits and tools. Scopes and meters, books, bagged individual 
components.

All of this laid out, and as visitor from the UK, I really wanted to buy 
something tech as a momento of the visit. I found nothing that was 
keenly priced or immediately useful. The place looked kind of dated and 
desolate on both visits.

I bought a Sony branded portable CD player from Radio Shack instead.

Oh well.... time for a slew of YouTube vids lamenting the demise.

-- 
Adrian C

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Fry's Electronics closing permanently usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2021-02-25 20:09 +0000
  Re: Fry's Electronics closing permanently Daniel <me@sci.fidan.com> - 2021-02-26 00:12 -0800
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  Re: Fry's Electronics closing permanently Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2021-02-28 23:26 +0000
    Re: Fry's Electronics closing permanently Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2021-03-02 09:04 +0000
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