I like to think that we vote with our dollars and they should have to do something to earn that vote! Fry's Electronics is no more, permanently closing all stores - KTVU FOX 2 Fry's Electronics, Inc. ("Fry's" or "Company"), announced Wednesday it has closed permanently after 36 years in business. Occasionally they even price consumer electronics in there cheap enough to be worth buying LOL. My heart has been broken since we lost weird stuff. I wholeheartedly agree Id even occasionally grab some food, either a packet of discount astronaut ice cream or one of the many, many selections from their tremendous candy shelves attached to the checkout line. Janice, who runs the Scarborough one, is incredibly knowledgeable. Fry's Electronics - Houston Historic Retail If you are ever in Orlando, skip the park for half a day and go to SkyCraft electronics. I shopped at several Frys and liked the experience. Been ordering from them for many many years. Rip my local Walmart. Soon, the company began closing its stores and not just any stores, but major ones in the heart of Silicon Valley, like its cowboy-themed store in Palo Alto mere steps away from where my dad used to work on the Danger Hiptop (known better as the T-Mobile Sidekick) and many big tech startups still do business. It was obvious that the store in Fishers, IN was on its last legs for some time. Some of the bigger ones have become zombie brands, but theyre effectively gone. They did this with many, many items. My local Frys in Concord had been a ghost town for more than a year so this isnt a surprise. Ill miss you Frys. Watched your video.. wish we had a place like that around here. Were choosing winners and losers and feeling like our local millionaires are better than some other countrys millionaires. [Main image source: San Jose Frys by Bryce Edwards; CC-BY 2.0]. Please be kind and respectful to help make the comments section excellent. Pricey thats the key its consumers like us that have driven this stae of affairs. "The Future of Retail: Fry's Electronics-part Disney, part S/M dungeon." For a lot of readers, I bet this news is more of a nostalgia trigger than a real loss. Doing PC support in the 90s was bizarre; Id buy a hub for a job. 11:48 AM on Nov 15, 2019 CST. Now, apparently, their floors will be barren, as well. Frys Electronics, one of the last big brick-and-mortar electronics store chains in the United States and a Silicon Valley institution in particular is permanently closing nationwide, the company has officially confirmed Wednesday, following Tuesday evening reports from SF Bay Area broadcaster KRON4, as well as Bill Reynolds and Matthew Keys. The store also sold T-shirts, technical books, potato chips, and magazines, including Playboy. Their family had sold the grocery chain in the 1970s to Dillon's a regional grocer that would end up merging with Kroger who still runs the Fry's grocery chain. Virus crap not a good excuse. According to Frys website (PDF copy for posterity), all 31 stores across nine states were suddenly and permanently shuttered on Wednesday the 24th, citing changes in the retail industry and the widespread difficulties wrought by the pandemic. While most of his stock is gift oriented, he keeps his hand in the surplus market, and can source some remarkable equipment on request. I start coming in looking for radio receiver parts and theyre like foxhole radio? Yes but also no, and we had a fun conversation about my latest designs. That was a sad day indeed when they closed. I picked up at Sparkfun a few years ago and in addition to my purchase they gave me a free copy of Nuts & Volts. I know one of my earlier purchases was a whole stack of batteries to keep my Nokia 5190s going so that has to be a while back. Sometimes their staff know their stuff, sometimes they dont speak English / French well. If anything ever happens to Central Computers, the world might as well end. One anonymous report posted at The Layoff alleged that every remaining Fry's store in the US was "permanently closing tomorrow," and that statement was repeated hours later at a Fry's-related Reddit community. Its great for those of you that live in larger populated areas but what about those of us not in that class. Theyd also try to check every item against your receipt as you left, something that (unlike Costco, where you sign a members agreement) you didnt need to let them do. Help spread the word about your favorites that are still open in the comments below. Nous, Yahoo, faisons partie de la famille de marques Yahoo. The Egyptian store had fake columns, mummies and sarcophagi; laptops were laid out on huge stone slabs held up by statues of black panthers. For years, Fry's Electronics was the United States' largest physical retailer dedicated to just about every computing and electronic device you could think of, particularly individual computer components. Our site will be temporarily unavailable during this time. Sad to learn that they just closed after ~60 years in business (hope the link works), OK, that didnt work, how about this: 60-year-old Lashers Electronics will close at the end of 2020. Fry's Electronics was an American big-box store chain. If you have a few hours free, its worth wandering around there. Fry's Electronics suddenly went out of business - CNN That Palo Alto store closed in December 2019. Literally the same thing (and worse) as funding what the germans were doing in WWII. Four stores were closed earlier: Fry's Electronics is prominently featured in the 2022 film Nope, which filmed at the Burbank location following its closure. [29][30][31][32], In 2003, actors Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sued Fry's for $10 million each for posting their images on television sets on their print ads and flyers without permission. If you do not want us and our partners to use cookies and personal data for these additional purposes, click 'Reject all'. 701. The web site has a useful price list for concise shopping. Actually took the rest of online retail a half dozen years to match the Outpost experience. Would love to hear about others. The one in Anaheim was fun to browse. I live in an area that has very little to offer now that R.S. Im sure the real estate alone will keep the Fry family happy (or at least their creditors). Its not necessarily obvious that you should go through certain doors. LETS GO! Over the years, weve lost Radio Shack, Toys R Us, The Sharper Image and Brookstone, the Bose stores, Circuit City, the Microsoft Store and more. SAN JOSE The collapse of Fry's Electronics, which closed all of its stores this week, suddenly frees up 65 acres of real estate in prime locations. Fry's Electronics, one of the last big brick-and-mortar electronics store chains in the United States and a Silicon Valley institution in particular is permanently closing nationwide, the company has officially confirmed Wednesday, following Tuesday evening reports from SF Bay Area broadcaster KRON4, as well as Freezers, Coolers, 10x15 Walk-In Coolers & Freezers, Ovens, and Racking for Sale! To All the Fry's I Loved Before: An Elegy for the Best Electronics That is really disappointing to hear, their new PC stuff was often chintzy or pricey but they had stuff not available elsewhere locally. The san Jose location was the largest of the four locations that i would shop at. [35], In 2008, the Federal Communications Commission found Fry's failed to place the required "analog-only tuner" consumer-alert label on analog televisions, fining them $384,000. Its filthy but full of cool electronic, mechanical, and miscellaneous surplus stuffand some occasional garbage. Each of the three Sunnyvale store locations was located within 1mi (1.6km) of the others.[13]. And the place had an excellent cafe. However, at the locally owned parts store, or local farmers market, you wont just get better quality help (and food), youll actually make friends that matter, too Unlike online friends who can be deleted in an instant, and who would delete you in an instant, you will make connections to people close to you, which have a chance of tuning into lifelong, mutually-beneficial friendships. Companies like Arrow, Avnet, and Newark have all had to move online, court makers and startups, and in general try to approach the kind of customer-friendly model that Mouser and Digi-Key have had for years. Report an issue or PM me. And, in fact, I think they lost their way when they started selling kitchen appliances. A former employee tells The Verge that Samsung stopped doing business due to unpaid bills, and that Frys had eliminated most full-time roles even before the pandemic hit, in order to save money. Corporate cards are now the norm; nobody bothers to open a net-30 distributor account unless they are ordering parts for volume production. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Wire, headers, connectors, hardware, enclosures, speakers, motors, tools, test equipment, radios, tubes, and tons of military surplus. I have enjoyed some significant browsing at YDI, but they are more than an hour away so I dont get there often. I mean, come on Look at china The horrible, unspeakable things that they do to their people en masse How could you ever be ok with funding this? Showing 1 - 6 of 6 products. Havent been there in a long time as I moved out of state. Fail. SF does fill a pretty different need than Gateway2000/Fizells/JBSaunders used to; I miss being able to get an ADC locally. A1 is super rad, I was in Toronto for a business trip around a decade ago (maybe longer) and stumbled into it. Umwhat? I was there last year and it was still selling mostly Radio Shack products. Outpost had their schitt together, orders I made in 99 came smooth, cheap and troublefree, then I maybe made one purchase after the Frys buyout and was underimpressed. I went in once years ago, never bought anything, but I meant to. Greed is often the furthest thing from a makers mind. In Montreal, theres Abra Electronics. Even though the San Marcos (CA) store was 20 minutes away, I only went in there three times since moving to the area in 2017. After complaints in the media, Fry's management offered anyone who paid the fee their money back. mesurer votre utilisation de nos sites et applications. BuyAPi (Ottawa, ON: https://buyapi.ca/) also has some Adafruit and Sparkfun stuff, as well as Raspberry Pis. Theres two great places in Houston. [11], John's idea was to use the model of grocery retailing, with which the brothers were familiar, to sell computer and electronics supplies. Their hours were 9am-4pm; opening too late for breakfast for lots of people and closing too early for dinner for most. I got a microwave, refrigerator, and a unique LCD bathroom scale that was powered by a tiny generator that you tapped with your foot still using it to this day, although the plastic case broke, and its bare metal now. The shelves were 20-30% full and not a computer in the place, so I knew this day was coming.