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We are going to Fry's Electronics!
My wife lets me go when I've been very good! Man I love that store! It is so huge! It even has a coffee and sandwich grille inside. The selection of puters and other neat stuff is so vast!!! Fredo |
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FREDO wrote: We are going to Fry's Electronics! My wife lets me go when I've been very good! Man I love that store! It is so huge! It even has a coffee and sandwich grille inside. The selection of puters and other neat stuff is so vast!!! Fredo Good Luck, :-) IMO, Fry's has taken the big box theme just a bit too far. There is way too much of way too much stuff in there. The choices are overwhelming. We've got one in South Seattle, and I think some of the folks who went there for the Grand Opening a couple of years ago are still missing. Once in a while, when shopping there, I see that the search and rescue helicopter still passes by trying to find them. I wish they'd fly just a bit closer to the ceiling, the rotor wash ruffles what's left of my hair. Then there's the confusing issue of the store's hours: The sign on the door makes no particular reference whether the 9PM closing time applies to all three time zones spanned by the building. The aggravating aspect of shopping at Fry's is that consumers have a natural tendency to equate huge selection and warehouse merchandising with low, low, prices. Caveat Emptor at Fry's. They'll take out a full page, four color ad in the Sunday paper and advertise prices that not only aren't "deals", they are well above average for the same or similar merchandise sold elsewhere. But oh well, somebody has to pay the salaries for all the public employees in the several small towns contained entirely withing the average Fry's Electronics store. |
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wrote in message oups.com... FREDO wrote: We are going to Fry's Electronics! My wife lets me go when I've been very good! Man I love that store! It is so huge! It even has a coffee and sandwich grille inside. The selection of puters and other neat stuff is so vast!!! Fredo Good Luck, :-) IMO, Fry's has taken the big box theme just a bit too far. There is way too much of way too much stuff in there. The choices are overwhelming. We've got one in South Seattle, and I think some of the folks who went there for the Grand Opening a couple of years ago are still missing. Once in a while, when shopping there, I see that the search and rescue helicopter still passes by trying to find them. I wish they'd fly just a bit closer to the ceiling, the rotor wash ruffles what's left of my hair. Then there's the confusing issue of the store's hours: The sign on the door makes no particular reference whether the 9PM closing time applies to all three time zones spanned by the building. The aggravating aspect of shopping at Fry's is that consumers have a natural tendency to equate huge selection and warehouse merchandising with low, low, prices. Caveat Emptor at Fry's. They'll take out a full page, four color ad in the Sunday paper and advertise prices that not only aren't "deals", they are well above average for the same or similar merchandise sold elsewhere. But oh well, somebody has to pay the salaries for all the public employees in the several small towns contained entirely withing the average Fry's Electronics store. The wifes friend can always tell when he stopped at Fry's on the way home. He is still ****ed. Stupid clerks, with no knowedge of the product, 55 checkout stands with 3 open, and if you have paperwork for exchange, they make even other copies of the paperwork. |
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There are quite a few Fry's in my area. Each store has a theme.
Manhattan Beach- South Seas (Looks like Gilligan's Island) It works. Anaheim- Space Shuttle Fountain Valley- The fall of the Roman Empire Woodland Hills- Alice in Wonderland (better than it sounds) Burbank- The best of all, Space Invaders. Flying saucer crashed through front wall, military guy posed with rifle. . . shooting aliens while being shot with a ray gun. Snack area is a drive in with old cars made into seating areas. 55 Buick, Kaiser (?) Always showing an old horror flick on the screen above the snack bar. Very cool. You'd have to see it. It's worth the trip no matter how far it is. What themes do the rest of the stores have? Jim Bill McKee wrote: wrote in message oups.com... FREDO wrote: We are going to Fry's Electronics! My wife lets me go when I've been very good! Man I love that store! It is so huge! It even has a coffee and sandwich grille inside. The selection of puters and other neat stuff is so vast!!! Fredo Good Luck, :-) IMO, Fry's has taken the big box theme just a bit too far. There is way too much of way too much stuff in there. The choices are overwhelming. We've got one in South Seattle, and I think some of the folks who went there for the Grand Opening a couple of years ago are still missing. Once in a while, when shopping there, I see that the search and rescue helicopter still passes by trying to find them. I wish they'd fly just a bit closer to the ceiling, the rotor wash ruffles what's left of my hair. Then there's the confusing issue of the store's hours: The sign on the door makes no particular reference whether the 9PM closing time applies to all three time zones spanned by the building. The aggravating aspect of shopping at Fry's is that consumers have a natural tendency to equate huge selection and warehouse merchandising with low, low, prices. Caveat Emptor at Fry's. They'll take out a full page, four color ad in the Sunday paper and advertise prices that not only aren't "deals", they are well above average for the same or similar merchandise sold elsewhere. But oh well, somebody has to pay the salaries for all the public employees in the several small towns contained entirely withing the average Fry's Electronics store. The wifes friend can always tell when he stopped at Fry's on the way home. He is still ****ed. Stupid clerks, with no knowedge of the product, 55 checkout stands with 3 open, and if you have paperwork for exchange, they make even other copies of the paperwork. |
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"Jim" wrote in message ink.net... There are quite a few Fry's in my area. Each store has a theme. Manhattan Beach- South Seas (Looks like Gilligan's Island) It works. Anaheim- Space Shuttle Fountain Valley- The fall of the Roman Empire Woodland Hills- Alice in Wonderland (better than it sounds) Burbank- The best of all, Space Invaders. Flying saucer crashed through front wall, military guy posed with rifle. . . shooting aliens while being shot with a ray gun. Snack area is a drive in with old cars made into seating areas. 55 Buick, Kaiser (?) Always showing an old horror flick on the screen above the snack bar. Very cool. You'd have to see it. It's worth the trip no matter how far it is. What themes do the rest of the stores have? Jim Bill McKee wrote: wrote in message oups.com... FREDO wrote: We are going to Fry's Electronics! My wife lets me go when I've been very good! Man I love that store! It is so huge! It even has a coffee and sandwich grille inside. The selection of puters and other neat stuff is so vast!!! Fredo Good Luck, :-) IMO, Fry's has taken the big box theme just a bit too far. There is way too much of way too much stuff in there. The choices are overwhelming. We've got one in South Seattle, and I think some of the folks who went there for the Grand Opening a couple of years ago are still missing. Once in a while, when shopping there, I see that the search and rescue helicopter still passes by trying to find them. I wish they'd fly just a bit closer to the ceiling, the rotor wash ruffles what's left of my hair. Then there's the confusing issue of the store's hours: The sign on the door makes no particular reference whether the 9PM closing time applies to all three time zones spanned by the building. The aggravating aspect of shopping at Fry's is that consumers have a natural tendency to equate huge selection and warehouse merchandising with low, low, prices. Caveat Emptor at Fry's. They'll take out a full page, four color ad in the Sunday paper and advertise prices that not only aren't "deals", they are well above average for the same or similar merchandise sold elsewhere. But oh well, somebody has to pay the salaries for all the public employees in the several small towns contained entirely withing the average Fry's Electronics store. The wifes friend can always tell when he stopped at Fry's on the way home. He is still ****ed. Stupid clerks, with no knowedge of the product, 55 checkout stands with 3 open, and if you have paperwork for exchange, they make even other copies of the paperwork. |
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Chuck,
I was watching a show about Wal-Mart last night. One of the things they talked about was a "LOW COST ITEM". The low cost item would be the best price anywhere, a $29 microwave etc. Once you stepped up in quality, the price was probably not the best price in the marketplace. I would guess many of the box stores use this marketing strategy. That is one of the great benefits of the internet, you can check out the item and prices on all major purchases. wrote in message oups.com... FREDO wrote: We are going to Fry's Electronics! My wife lets me go when I've been very good! Man I love that store! It is so huge! It even has a coffee and sandwich grille inside. The selection of puters and other neat stuff is so vast!!! Fredo Good Luck, :-) IMO, Fry's has taken the big box theme just a bit too far. There is way too much of way too much stuff in there. The choices are overwhelming. We've got one in South Seattle, and I think some of the folks who went there for the Grand Opening a couple of years ago are still missing. Once in a while, when shopping there, I see that the search and rescue helicopter still passes by trying to find them. I wish they'd fly just a bit closer to the ceiling, the rotor wash ruffles what's left of my hair. Then there's the confusing issue of the store's hours: The sign on the door makes no particular reference whether the 9PM closing time applies to all three time zones spanned by the building. The aggravating aspect of shopping at Fry's is that consumers have a natural tendency to equate huge selection and warehouse merchandising with low, low, prices. Caveat Emptor at Fry's. They'll take out a full page, four color ad in the Sunday paper and advertise prices that not only aren't "deals", they are well above average for the same or similar merchandise sold elsewhere. But oh well, somebody has to pay the salaries for all the public employees in the several small towns contained entirely withing the average Fry's Electronics store. |
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"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message . .. Chuck, I was watching a show about Wal-Mart last night. One of the things they talked about was a "LOW COST ITEM". The low cost item would be the best price anywhere, a $29 microwave etc. Once you stepped up in quality, the price was probably not the best price in the marketplace. I would guess many of the box stores use this marketing strategy. Sears used to be famous for this years ago. Super advertised deal on something but when you showed up to buy it, "it" was out of stock. Then the pressure was on to buy the better, higher priced item instead. Way before WalMart was even thought of. Eisboch |
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Eisboch,
The difference is Sears was using "Bait and Switch" and only had a few of the advertised items in the store. When most people came in, they had just sold out of the item. Wal-Mart will have lots of the "Low Cost Item" available to buy, they don't use salesmen to sell the better quality item, they just know many people will decide the they want the better quality item on their own. The "Low Cost Item is often not even advertised, it is just "End-Capped" or displayed in the middle of the Aisle. "Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Reggie Smithers" wrote in message . .. Chuck, I was watching a show about Wal-Mart last night. One of the things they talked about was a "LOW COST ITEM". The low cost item would be the best price anywhere, a $29 microwave etc. Once you stepped up in quality, the price was probably not the best price in the marketplace. I would guess many of the box stores use this marketing strategy. Sears used to be famous for this years ago. Super advertised deal on something but when you showed up to buy it, "it" was out of stock. Then the pressure was on to buy the better, higher priced item instead. Way before WalMart was even thought of. Eisboch |
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Eisboch wrote: Sears used to be famous for this years ago. Super advertised deal on something but when you showed up to buy it, "it" was out of stock. Then the pressure was on to buy the better, higher priced item instead. Way before WalMart was even thought of. Eisboch Not being a Wal-Mart shopper, I don't have this first-hand, but I have read reports over the years that a number of the "name brand" products sold in Wal-Mart are made specifically for the store, and built to sell at a lower price point than similar name-brand products found in other stores. I suspect this would be true mainly of manufactured items. In other words, the "Samsung" 19" monitor you find at Wal-Mart is not the same product as the "Samsung" 19" monitor you find at a reputable computer store, even though the model numbers look very similar. The few times I have gone to Sears for something and it was out of stock, I was given a rain check without any hassle, and the department manager called to let me know when the item arrived. Some months ago, I decided to buy a refrigerator for my "rec room," and went to Sears for a particular model "GE." It was there on the floor, right next to a superior Kenmore that was selling for $100 less with a better warranty. I bought the Kenmore. But, that Kenmore was probably made by GE. |
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Eisboch wrote: Sears used to be famous for this years ago. Super advertised deal on something but when you showed up to buy it, "it" was out of stock. Then the pressure was on to buy the better, higher priced item instead. Way before WalMart was even thought of. Eisboch Not being a Wal-Mart shopper, I don't have this first-hand, but I have read reports over the years that a number of the "name brand" products sold in Wal-Mart are made specifically for the store, and built to sell at a lower price point than similar name-brand products found in other stores. I suspect this would be true mainly of manufactured items. In other words, the "Samsung" 19" monitor you find at Wal-Mart is not the same product as the "Samsung" 19" monitor you find at a reputable computer store, even though the model numbers look very similar. Maybe. Radio Shack used to do that; specifiying design and manufacture criteria to a major manufacturer, then selling them as an "Archer" or "Radio Shack" model. I am told that most were made with cheaper components, (i.e. 10% tolerance resistors instead of 5%, etc.), that seems to be borne out by the inferior performance and lifespan of the products. Sears used to - and still does- the same thing I guess, selling a washer or whatever as a "Kenmore" that was actually made by Maytag or GE. Seems like Kenmore appliances are a lot better quality than the Radio Shack clones though. It's only been in the past 10 years or so that both Sears and Radio Shack have been offering name brand products in addition to their own. Other retailers do similar things. I was in the market for a set of JBL speakers a couple of years ago and a friend told me they sold them at Best Buy in West Palm. I didn't believe it, so off I went, only to discover that the JBLs at Best Buy, although genuine JBLs, were all low end plastic crap, not the Studio Monitors I was looking for. Eisboch |
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Eisboch wrote:
Maybe. Radio Shack used to do that; specifiying design and manufacture criteria to a major manufacturer, then selling them as an "Archer" or "Radio Shack" model. I am told that most were made with cheaper components, (i.e. 10% tolerance resistors instead of 5%, etc.), that seems to be borne out by the inferior performance and lifespan of the products. Hard to believe that a slight difference in ingredients affected the profit margin that much when so much of the cost of goods sold is labor & overhead. OTOH a *lot* of people in this world are penny wise & pound foolish (more below). Sears used to - and still does- the same thing I guess, selling a washer or whatever as a "Kenmore" that was actually made by Maytag or GE. Seems like Kenmore appliances are a lot better quality than the Radio Shack clones though. It's only been in the past 10 years or so that both Sears and Radio Shack have been offering name brand products in addition to their own. The only problem I've ver had with Sears is some bonehead tool managers refusing to replace Craftsman tools. In one case, another department manager straightened him out, in a nother case I just shrugged and left the tool laying on the counter and told my credit card company that I had returned it & the store was being jerks about a refund... they gave me credit back for it (and I assume shorted Sears for it). Other retailers do similar things. I was in the market for a set of JBL speakers a couple of years ago and a friend told me they sold them at Best Buy in West Palm. I didn't believe it, so off I went, only to discover that the JBLs at Best Buy, although genuine JBLs, were all low end plastic crap, not the Studio Monitors I was looking for. I've noticed this too, but then most shoppers will buy a cheaper item even if it's obviously shoddy. In fact there have been a lot of studies on this. The two conflicting irrational market behaviors, both very common, are buying cheap crap and complaining that it doesn't work (often followed by buying another of the same); and buying expensive "show-off" goods as a display of pretended wealth (such goods are often shoddy, too, but the buyer doesn't know any better and has been persuaded by expensive advertising campaigns). DSK |
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"Jim" wrote in message ink.net... There are quite a few Fry's in my area. Each store has a theme. Manhattan Beach- South Seas (Looks like Gilligan's Island) It works. Anaheim- Space Shuttle Fountain Valley- The fall of the Roman Empire Woodland Hills- Alice in Wonderland (better than it sounds) Burbank- The best of all, Space Invaders. Flying saucer crashed through front wall, military guy posed with rifle. . . shooting aliens while being shot with a ray gun. Snack area is a drive in with old cars made into seating areas. 55 Buick, Kaiser (?) Always showing an old horror flick on the screen above the snack bar. Very cool. You'd have to see it. It's worth the trip no matter how far it is. What themes do the rest of the stores have? Jim From http://www.frys.com/ Each store carries its own unique theme. In Northern California: - Campbell's ancient Egyptian theme displays King Tut tombs. - Concord is the newest addition to the Bay Area market. - Fremont's 1893 World's Fair theme is a flashback to the first city powered by electricity. - Palo Alto steps straight out of the old wild, wild west. - San Jose pays tribute to the first astronomers, the Mayans, with settings from Chichenitza. - Sunnyvale reflects the history of the Silicon Valley. In Southern California: - Anaheim places you on the NASA flight deck for the Endeavor Space Shuttle, complete with launches on big screens all weekend long. - Burbank pulls you back in time to the 1950's with a retro-space theme from Hollywood, complete with little green Martians and Gort, the robot. - City of Industry pays tribute to the industrial revolution with bigger-than-life gears. - In Oxnard the rich agricultural and commercial history of this coastal community is featured in historical wall murals. - Fountain Valley hails the ruins of ancient Rome, complete with a flowing aqueduct. - Manhattan Beach takes you to Tahiti with sculpted lava tiki heads and its own rain forest. - San Marcos takes you to Atlantis, with its aquariums, exotic fish, and waterfalls. - Woodland Hills is a page out of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland storybook, with 10 to 15-foot high figurines of the story characters. In Texas: - Austin is a tribute to the city's reputation as the "Live Music Capital of the World." - Dallas allows you to experience the Lazy-K ranch, complete with a herd of longhorn cattle. - Houston lets you view the history of Texas oil, complete with oil derricks. - Irving pays tribute to its history, which is depicted throughout the store on mural-size photos. - Plano shows how the railroad impacted the development of this thriving area. - South Houston honors the city's rich pioneer heritage. - Webster's murals depict the history of space exploration together with a scale replica of the international space station. In Arizona: - Phoenix is a journey into an ancient Aztec temple. In Illinois: - Downers Grove displays historical pictures of the train station, the Downer Family and local business sites throughout the store. In Indiana: - Fishers pays tribute to the origins of the pre-1960's Indy Speedway. In Nevada: - Las Vegas reflects the history of "The Strip." In Washington: - Renton reflects past historical events. The Sacramento, San Diego, Concord, Tempe, Wilsonville and Arlington stores are all works in progress. |
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