> 7. Know what the competition in the area sells the same stuff for!
Almost every retail chain worth their salt (Best Buy, Circuit City, Good
Guys, et. al.) will price-match the competition. Bring in a Fry's ad
and you can usually get the same deal with semi-competent English
speaking sales staff in a more organized store that isn't organized
crime.
If people would stop shopping at Fry's we could finally be rid of those
turkeys for good.
Erik Klein
www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum
The Vintage Computer Forum
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Zane H. Healy
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 12:14 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Fry's sucks. (was: goin to CA soon, to be a CC tychoon
>You guys are MUCH too easy on Fry's.
>
>Yes, they do suck rocks.
Pretty much. Especially given how the prices, at least up here have
gone up. When Fry's opened their Oregon store, they had really good
prices, often better than the local hole in the wall PC shops. When
DVD's started to hit mainstream, they had really good prices. Now
overall, a trip to Best Buy is more worth my time. For us, it's a long
trip, and the last time we went, which was a month or two ago, after
over 9 months, the prices sucked!
There are some simple rules though to make your buying experience
better.
1. Know what prices should be on stuff!
2. Have a reason besides Fry's to be in the area (In our case, first we
visit my Grandmother, and we finish it off by going to a resturant that
we like).
3. Only buy new merchandise (or a least try to).
4. Only go when there is a bunch of stuff you're looking for.
5. Don't buy anything there that you might want to return (though I must
admit, they were very easy to deal with the one time we returned
something).
6. Don't get sucked in by their sales! Do they ever have enough sale
HD's in stock?
7. Know what the competition in the area sells the same stuff for! In
other words know what prices should be on stuff!
Zane
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