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32. Yeah, me , too. worked at Shugart

Wed Feb 24, 2021, 05:21 PM

Feb 2021

Associates, around the corner... even had a contract with Randy Fry, to fix Taiwanese IBM type PC boards, for a short while. Also knew his wife, Muni, when they owned the San Jose Bearcats, Arena Football team...

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Fry's Electronics is shutting its doors for good [View all] Garion_55 Feb 2021 OP

nooooooooooooooooo :( samnsara Feb 2021 #1

More jobs lost. Ugh! jimfields33 Feb 2021 #4

Finally. dalton99a Feb 2021 #2

Very sad. I remember their first store in Sunnyvale still_one Feb 2021 #3

Yeah, me , too. worked at Shugart bobalew Feb 2021 #32

They've been on life support for years AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2021 #5

Bullshit. Not Covid related at all sobenji Feb 2021 #6

From what I gather it sounds more like the virus was the final nail in the coffin so it cstanleytech Feb 2021 #11

Yep. Their stores were practically dead in 2019 dalton99a Feb 2021 #20

Covid-19 has been the coup de grace for zombie retailers. paleotn Feb 2021 #23

I worked at the very first store Garion_55 Feb 2021 #7

Let me guess. They began to gradually cut the number of full timers and shifted more and more cstanleytech Feb 2021 #12

The Fry's in Prescott was our go to store for groceries for at least 20 years. snort Feb 2021 #21

microcenter harumph Feb 2021 #8

Kind of sad, really. MineralMan Feb 2021 #9

Me too, but for my own use utopian Feb 2021 #16

Never shopped their but I heard about 25+ years ago that they were among the best at the time. cstanleytech Feb 2021 #10

Trump's China tariffs really hurt Fry's andym Feb 2021 #13

Agree. Tariffs was one of the factors onetexan Feb 2021 #41

Fry's bought Outpost.com to enhance their web presence in 2001 after the dot.com bust andym Feb 2021 #44

I'll blame Amazon. CloudWatcher Feb 2021 #14

The only reason I shop Amazon... jmowreader Feb 2021 #18

Amazon certainly played a part but Fry's slow response to shifting from physical stores cstanleytech Feb 2021 #22

No more door nazis gay texan Feb 2021 #15

Ha yes. MissB Feb 2021 #27

Can't count the number of hours I spent in Fry's in the 90's and early 2000s when I lived in the iluvtennis Feb 2021 #17

I'm surprised it took this long. SeattleVet Feb 2021 #19

Loved Fry's at its peak 20 years or so ago. Politicub Feb 2021 #24

Loved the themed stores! BuddhaGirl Feb 2021 #39

Always felt I got treated fairly there. What a shame. marble falls Feb 2021 #25

THAT'S BECAUSE THE CUSTOMERS ALWAYS HELPED EACH OTHER, NOT THE STORE STAFF.. bobalew Feb 2021 #34

If MicroCenter closes... my husband (and my sons) will grieve deeply. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #26

I was just at mine today, business was booming there. Initech Feb 2021 #29

they're giving away thumb drives and SD cards if you sign up on the list pstokely Feb 2021 #38

last I dealt with MicroCenter was in the early 90's when I was working for a singaporean company bobalew Feb 2021 #33

This is like when the Tandy stores closed up years ago onetexan Feb 2021 #42

The Mister now orders his little gizmos, switches and boxes from Amazon... NurseJackie Feb 2021 #43

A bit like Sears zipplewrath Feb 2021 #28

i remember trying to buy something at one of their stores orleans Feb 2021 #30

Fry's used to be awe-inspiring. paulkienitz Feb 2021 #31

I built my children's high school computers using parts from Frys. hunter Feb 2021 #35

Oh no! I would shop there more if there was one by me. FlyingPiggy Feb 2021 #36

My only surprise is that it took this long. Mawspam2 Feb 2021 #37

As a kid I remember going to the Fry's in the bay area with the Egyptian theme Sapient Donkey Feb 2021 #40