Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:13 AM 6/21/01 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote: >Bryan Caldwell writes: > >> This may very well be why Fry's has signs posted >> at the entrance that photography is not allowed. > >Even so, one must wonder about any store in which pointing a camera attracts >the >attention of salespeople, but simply waiting around for assistance does not. I am in this store many times per week. Actually there are a half dozen Fry's in the bay area and beyond. I personally know the Fry brothers, John, Dave, and Randy. Their father had a grocery store chain here in the bay area. The son's started one store that had groceries, sundries, and computers. I was a big success as folks here in Silicon Valley had limited time at lunch and could get food for lunch, food for dinner, aspirin, toothpaste, coke, and a new SIO card or the latest rev of DOS in one stop. Fry's is now huge. And sells everything from appliances, AV, office supplies, electronics, computers, everything you can possibly imagine. But Bryan is correct. The place is full of basically minimum wage folks, I don't know if they are legal immigrants or not, but usually not very knowledgeable. But there are a few that work hard at their job and can be of enormous help in finding rare bargains. I usually seek out these folks when I want something special. Everything they sell is 30 day returnable so, as you can imagine, Fry's becomes the 30 day rental store. The return line is sometimes an hour long. Even with this, the place is a cash cow. Jim (spending a fortune weekly at Fry's and returning only half of it) Brick