03_SONIC_BLUR wrote:I think I will ignore Fry's from now on. Decades ago, Fry's was a place with people knowledgeable of the product and helpful. Now, not so much. They used to be a place where you could get the latest gear or find replacements for your expired gear. Now, not so much
You used to be able to buy your gear and leave without being treated like a criminal. Now, you have to show your purchases and receipt to the Stasi at the front door in order to cross into West Berlin. You are presumed to be a thief until you prove you are not
My power supply on my PC failed this morning. The shelves at Fry's had nothing close to the unit I have in my system, which is heavily slanted toward +3.3V power. When I got home with something close, but unsatisfactory, I found an exact replacement on Newegg. I ordered it, and even with shipping it was $8 less than the unsatisfactory unit from Fry's. So, tomorrow I will return to Fry's and return the shelf junk as my last visit to Fry's. And the Stasi can fuck off, as I will ignore them
Please resume your regularly scheduled ignoring
In a pinch, or if there is a sale, Fry's still can be handy. But, they are not always inexpensive and things can be picked over or repackaged, etc. I used to envy people who had a Fry's close by, but I have learned to live without them. I too started to use Newegg, but, Newegg has also changed, and not for the better. Fry's also has a very good return policy as they do not charge restocking, and this is particularly useful for system builders as sometimes components won't play together and Fry's has always taken everything back in my case. It is for this reason that I still try to buy my new hardware from Fry's when I want to build a new computer. I have 10 days to return it if it doesn't mesh. And, when you are mixing lots of components this can happen. MB's and memory are particularly fussy, for instance.
But, Newegg is still good.
