The company is closing all of its stores. The one in Downers was half empty for a while, but I still went there.

Another COVID retail casualty.

This place was dying well before covid.

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Also,

Silo
Fretter
Circuit City

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"A Little Bit of Chicken Fry'd
Closed Stores on a Friday Night,
Pair of Ear Buds that died alright,
And Best Buy lives onnnnnnnnn."

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Yeah. I went into one right at the start of COVID and over 50% of the shelves had nothing on them and it wasn't because too many people were buying stuff.

It's amazing they made it this long.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

MicroCenter never not busy

Best Buy is next unless the Chewy.com founder saves them too.

Yeah, I went there about two months ago and I'd say the shelves were 90% empty.

And yet Micro Center in Westmont seems to be doing very well.

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They've been circling the drain for about the past 3 years. Walking into one of their stores was depressing. The last time I was there, which was pre-covid, they didn't have a single TV or computer in stock.

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CHUY will save everyone

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Best Buy is making big money being demo stations for companies like Apple.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

The old Hobby Lobby?

More like Fried Electronics.

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I was gonna say, Best Buy seems to be fine right now. Years back when they were the "test drive" for people shopping electronics, then go home and order somewhere cheaper online. But they noted that and made necessary changes to remain profitable.

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Certified Dirty Old Man

Next door east

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Yep. And another competitor disappearing only helps them.

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

I did not realize they were still open.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

Lightning hit my friend's house,

And fried everything.

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Found it cheaper to custom build a computer from Microcenter than Fry's. That said, Fry's used to have EVERYTHING. I mean, you could walk out of that store with enough material to build 10-15 different types of bombs if you wanted.

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Lived in Phoenix from 04-10.

Went to the FE there many times.

It happens.

Maybe you missed this in the news today -- literally it was just hours ago:

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

The last time I was there I knew it wouldn't be long. The store was mostly empty. They did used to be like "Radio Shack on steroids." But now they're like Radio Shack when they closed all their stores. The bottom line is that Amazon was already kicking everyone's butt before the pandemic and that was kind of the final straw for Fry's. It was definitely a store that had everything in it's heyday.

With all these stores going out of business it makes you wonder where all the $15 minimum wage people are going to work.

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God is the uncaused cause of the universe. He had no beginning and has no end. He is not bound by the laws of the universe he created.

Holy shit

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100%. You could find any kind of audio cable you wanted. And you'd discover audio cables you never knew existed.

I had never heard of Fry's Electronics until I came to AZ in '05. My parents bought a refrigerator and big screen television from the Baseline and 10 store the first week we were here. The place was packed that night and so lively. It was certainly a different vibe when I was last there a year or so ago. Times change.

That Downers Grove location must have opened up sometime after '05 because I lived right across the freeway (Highland and 35th) and don't remember it being there. Although, I was a kid so maybe I wasn't paying attention.

This is all true. Fry's was the best store. I recently bought some computer memory there. They had what I needed in stock, didn't have to buy online.

I don't know why they decided to stop stocking things like computers, cameras and stereo equipment. When they did have computers, I always saw people in that section buying them. They used to carry different models of Marley headphones, which are of great quality. Any software you would want, they had it.

The location of the DG store was death. Convenient if you made a dedicated trip, but that stretch of Finley is pretty deserted.

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Because they couldn't afford to pay their vendors for product.

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wasn't there a Fuddrucker's right near there ?

Yup, pretty much right across the street.

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