Fry's Electronics is closing all stores

Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores by geocrasher on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @11:27PM (#26246571)

The only time I've ever been into a Fry's (due to not living near one) was around 2010 in the Sacramento CA area. It was so huge that I genuinely got dizzy and had to work hard to focus to see individual items (It's a thing that happens to me when there is a lot of "input" for lack of a better term). I suspect that the cavernous real estate (and its cost) only hastened their demise.

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Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores by tanseydavid on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @11:44PM (#26246656)

Going to Fry's without a VERY specific shopping list was always dangerous for me.

I could blow 3 hours in a Fry's just browsing and barely notice the time that had passed.

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Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores by OkGoDoIt on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @01:05AM (#26247097)

That’s exactly why I used to love Fry’s. Some kids went to malls, I guess. Fry’s was my mall.

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Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores by tornato7 on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @02:03AM (#26247399)

I was in Bangkok and at one of the largest electronics stores in Southeast Asia, that place put Fry's to shame. I think I spent an entire day in there.

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Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores by BuyMyBitcoins on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @11:30PM (#26246580)

Cavernous is such an apt description. Fry’s uses giant warehouse sized buildings and even the distance in between racks and aisles is wide.

I also remember the checkout lines having dozens of empty checkout stations that I never saw used. I always assumed they were there for Black Friday or something.

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Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores by bnjms on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @01:06AM (#26247100)

They were from back in the day when Fry’s would hire extra people for the holidays and staff nearly every register.

Also back then stores would fill space with extra registers. I was nostalgic and sad when I saw they had removed half their local registers. They had (bought) one of the earliest web retail stores. They ought to have become New Egg with a mini Best Buy and RadioShack for locals. But that’s hindsight and I couldn’t have done it.

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Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores by mc32 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @11:38PM (#26246623)

>Cavernous

Apropos, didn't the one in Sunnyvale become an REI?

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Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores by bigmattystyles on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @11:53PM (#26246720)

Sports Basement - they kept the enter key on the door though. To be fair when Fry's left that building, it's because they built a bigger one down the street, the one with the sinc function as a logo. It was a glorious experience in the 90s.

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Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores by mc32 on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @12:03AM (#26246781)

> they kept the enter key on the door though

That's a nice touch/nod!

Thanks for the correction, yeah SportsBasement. I went mostly to the one off Portage.

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Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores by unsatchmo on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @12:52AM (#26247040)

I distinctly recall that location is where we bought the legend of Zelda back in the 80’s when it first came out. Gonna miss fry’s.

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Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores by ridgeguy on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @12:55AM (#26247056)

My one memory of the Sacramento Fry's is buying a 5 lb GummiBear to prank a friend. Not 5 lbs of GummiBears, a single 5 lb GummiBear.

Sorry to see the stores close.

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Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores by abc_lisper on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @11:35PM (#26246609)

Hey, I have the same issue. I get dizzy inside malls too

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Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores by geocrasher on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @12:36AM (#26246947)

Thanks for commenting! I appreciate knowing I'm not alone in this. It's very unnerving when it happens. I pride myself in being spatially oriented, and when I get into huge spaces with lots of distractions, my brain does weird things.

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Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores by wishinghand on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @09:12PM (#26258911)

Happens to me at Comic con, but not concerts before the band goes on. Not sure what triggers it. I’ve been to busy cities with lots of neon too.

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Re:Fry's Electronics is closing all stores by m463 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @11:41PM (#26246636)

I think they owned their real estate (although there were probably taxes)

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