Re: [PLUG] Fry's going out of business

[jeffv via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On 2/24/21 12:48 PM, Casey Bralla via plug wrote:
> I remember visiting a Fry's in Silicon Valley about 10 years ago.  They
> had an entire aisle of motherboards.   Now this was nirvana for me, but
> I wondered how they could make money.

I prefer to just enjoy the bounty.


There was a Radio Shack in Mesa, AZ, that was better than Disneyland. It 
had all the usual stuff, plus a ton of extras... kits, serious p.a., 
serious parts, like Micro Center on serious steroids, serious day spent 
in there.

Naturally it was gone the next time I visited.
I have a vague memory of an RS in/near Phoenixville, many many years 
ago. I think the key was the stores that stocked other stuff too. These 
died or weren't allowed after a while.

Funny, we're geeks that look toward the future, but missed fun parts of 
the past. Excuse me, I have to go price vacuum tubes.

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