Fry's Electronics Is Closed! Bye Bye Fry's! End Of Era! Your Best Computer Buys Are Always At Fry's

[@donaldsaxton7911]

No great surprise. I bought a Toshiba Laptop from them that they said was "Refurbished". After years of a slow running machine, I opened the case to find the problem. Seems when they rebuilt my computer, they decided to put in a 4 Gb Memory card, and a 2Gb card- a mismatch. Also when they did the cards, they didn't bother to use two cards from the same manufacturer. For a company that claimed to be an Electronics Expert, they didn't know jack about computers.

[@GadgetMartian]

I can see that as well! So many sales and tech hires working for minimal pay with access to name brand and generic parts they went for profit over quality. This may work if you cannot get the inventory from anywhere else. Once you have choices like Amazon and other outlets you eventually loose your customers. customers hate to get burned by a store. Thanks for watching!!

[@noahneutral7557]

Both of the ones in Phoenix left. I wish Best Buy had more pc parts and I'm hoping we get a Micro Center or something down here sometime soon.

[@GadgetMartian]

We had a micro center in the Bay Area however it closed. I liked that place. We have central computers for parts and stuff now. Times always change.

[@thecaptial]

Part of me wonders if the managers/employees got their share of goodies at the end.....looks like command and control was pretty much gone

[@GadgetMartian]

maybe so! makes a whole lot of sense!

[@musclesmouse]

I worked near there back in 2001-2003. That place was packed. The parking lot would be jammed every weekend and evenings. I pass by that building everyday going to work.

[@GadgetMartian]

yes, peopel could always find what they were looking for there back in the day

[@jasonwb6884]

Store is huge, I know a lot of people now buy on the internet, but I dont see how they went completely under. Do most people buy big ticket items like appliances, TV's, etc from online? I still go to retail stores for that stuff.

[@MAGAMAN]

They were a trashy store with crappy prices and they would restock damaged/open box items as new. The only things that had a good price was what was in their ads, everything else was more expensive than it should have been.

[@briancalifornia1]

​@@MAGAMAN You would buy those open damaged boxes you take it back they would inspect it and blame it on you and won't give you a refund. Then they would repeat the process. That place was sketchy.

[@AnhNguyen-hn9vj]

ya most people still buy expensive products from retail stores. Unless the deal is so good to miss they would probably buy online.

[@hadara69]

Yea the Concord and Fremont stores had even less in Dec. Talk about a slow, painful death. I remember when that one opened with the cool Aztec props and sets. Wonder where that stuff is going. Thanks for giving everyone a final tour. I'm gonna miss wandering around those stores.

[@briancalifornia1]

That place was sketchy as fuck they would sell damaged open box items and resell them taking them back was a nightmare. Their business practices were horrible I even heard a lot of stories how they mistreated their employees.

[@PritpalSingh-ys6ol]

Fry's never took care of their greatest assets; their employees. I worked in at the corporate location for a week and left.

[@GadgetMartian]

I can see that. little pay and high expectations for employees?

[@PritpalSingh-ys6ol]

@@GadgetMartian Yup; in the stores. As for Corporate, it was more like the elites in the office along with the low-level staff.

[@GadgetMartian]

I can only imagine the feeling of working in that kind of environment.

[@GS-zc4sk]

It was a horrid company to work for. 10 months in SD and I wanted scream murder. No money. Chit upper management. Shirt & Tie. Fhckn joke.

[@michaeljaystaufferjoyce7235]

I just moved away from San Jose, loved that store. I knew something was up, in Oct 2018 I went to frys to build me a new computer and they had very little stock in computer parts. They had 3 Different B350 motherboards and only a Ryzen 5 2600, They didnt even have any 3200mghz memory I had to drive to Best buy to get some memory and a M.2 SSD. It's a shame, as I could spend hrs in frys shopping, figuring out what computer parts I want to build with. Now I am back in NJ, and I am with in 1hr drive of 2 Microcenter stores. R.I.P Frys

[@GadgetMartian]

Yes, little by little they had less and less inventory on the parts you needed to build a computer. If you cant get everything at one place then you may not weant to go there. Sad to see these stores close.

[@jersey_plug9421]

I had 3 fry's electronics close to me. 1. Fountain Valley 2. Manhattan Beach 3 Anaheim I went to the one in Fountain Valley and bought a no name monitor and was shocked on how many people were in the store maybe 8 and it was almost Christmas.

[@williamwalker1264]

Hey, here in the LA area they could convert the local Fry's to homeless shelters.

[@GadgetMartian]

Yes! lets see... The Fry's in burbank is 50's SciFi themed... That can be the Homeless Mothership! or the Alice In Wonderland Fry's over there can have everyone drink from that bottle and shrink down to make so much more space! yeah.. living in the bay area homeless situation is getting worse especially in San Francisco and San Jose! All over the streets and off the freeways! Something has got to be done for everyone's sake (homed and homeless). Something positive that we all wish we knew the answer to. The challenges of a sanctuary state. So different in California 20-30 years ago

[@MAGAMAN]

Give it time, they will soon be converting your house into a homeless/illegal housing center too. You guys get what you vote for.

[@GadgetMartian]

New movie called “Nope” scenes filmed in Frys Electronics. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fobKnqSVbbWfiLs

[@LifeisaPhotoOp]

Wonder what will go in there next. That's a lot of space to fill!

[@alexcarter8807]

Homeless camp!

[@GadgetMartian]

I believe they have office space development planned.

[@norcalchrismeister]

I live close to that Fry's. I'm surprised they stayed open as long as they did. It was fun going there back in the day.

[@GadgetMartian]

Yes! They were on life support for a very long time! It was inevitable. We will always miss the days when that was the place to be. The days where each store had a unique theme to it! Thank you for watching!!

[@JackMasterAndrew]

I normally visit the Fremont location. This one was so lively compared to that.

[@GadgetMartian]

@@JackMasterAndrew I remember at the Fremont location walking around the store and timing it to be at the Tesla coil cage when they were going to set the charge off like (every 40 mins?). These fry's locations were an attraction within the visit to get what you needed to purchase. great idea concept for the time. too bad the idea of large stores filled with items people now buy on Amazon is no longer business profitable. great stores!

[@FreeThinkingperson]

Sad to see them go.

[@GadgetMartian]

I agree! Not another store like them!

[@andrewevans5750]

all of them become mini golf and brunswick zones

[@kaininjathundermmandopoke5167]

Bring Back Fry's electronic stores Please

[@Cykotr0n]

The store was awesome but the Home Office management was probably the worst as companies go.

[@GadgetMartian]

@@Cykotr0n I never cared about so many employees coming up to you to try to help just to get the commission even though they may not even help you. I’m sure it was a challenge working there. I really enjoyed going as a customer for the most part. Before Amazon you could always get the variety and selection! Thank you for watching!

[@Cykotr0n]

@@GadgetMartian Truth be known, I was in computer sales. Only way you got paid at all was if a customer used your quote at a checkout. There was no base pay. If you only wrote 1 quote that paid you say maybe $5 from what ever was in the customer's cart, you would only make $5 for the entire 8 hour shift. So, you can see why most salesman would be hasty to write what ever they could so they can justify the work hours. The Key to doing this respectably is to help as many as you can quickly and learn to spend more time on those customers who were making a bigger purchase. I know it sounds bad but if done right, getting simple things quickly versus more time consuming large purchases would be fine as long as the salesman were great at their job.

[@GadgetMartian]

@@Cykotr0n oh wow! That explains it well! I have a new respect for the employees who needed to do this to get paid. Now that I think about it the service was pretty good when you found knowledgeable people who could help you. It not too much to ask for getting a printed slip to make sure employees get paid. Thank you for your comment. Frys will be missed!

[@LifeisaPhotoOp]

@@Cykotr0n Is that even legal? How did you guys even make enough to live on?

[@alexcarter8807]

I'm less than a mile from that Apocalyptic Fry's.

[@GadgetMartian]

Was a great store location back in its prime

[@MAGAMAN]

So long to bad trash.