a tour of Fry's Electronics

[dieselstation]

i know lots of you know what Fry's is.. but some of you have never ever heard of it. It's only available out here in the west coast.. so today.. i went to Fry's to pick up some stuff during lunch.. and i thought might as well give you guys a tour. Fry's is like a big huge electronic heaven. They sell everything from computers to electronics to tv's, vcrs, cameras, even appliances etc.. basically EVERYTHING electronic. The good thing about Fry's is the selection. the BAD thing about Fry's are the idiots that work there. Basically, if you know what you're doing and you know what you want.. then it's PERFECT! but if you're a newbie just shopping, then er.. go somewhere else. The prices are GREAT! but the service sucks.

This is the Fountain Valley store and the theme is roman. Each Fry's has a different theme to it.

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[dquan97]

I guess the theme in the Sacramento branch is urban, because there are chain-link fences around the registers and cashiers who really take their time ringing up an order.

 

[andyfasthands]

Fountain Valley Fry's is the worst establishment evar.

 

[Azraele]

Thanks for the tour. I've never seen one.

What other themes do Frys have?

 

[Maleficus]

It's not only in the west coast, there are some in Texas

 

[dieselstation]

http://www.toxicbug.com/frys/

 

[Kenny]

Cool. They should do this on their own website.

 

[dmurray14]

heh...cool, thanks

 

[SOSTrooper]

The best Fry's in SoCal would have to be the one in City of Industry (toymaker/machinery theme), followed by the one in Anaheim (space station theme). The one in Fountain Valley, Burbank, and Manhattan Beach blow. I never went to the Woodland Hills one tho.

 

[Paulson]

Never seen one before... spiffy...

that's quite a setup they have in there for a theme... best buy has a lot to learn

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I recently had my first Fry's experience, with the store they just opened in Renton, WA. It is pretty amazing, I have to say, though I will probably stick to Newegg for most PC needs. One thing I found odd was that they sell porn - strange to see guys prowling through double-penetration DVDs in the middle of a mainstream store.

 

[BigSmooth]

Our Fry's in Wilsonville, OR has no theme... unless "gigantic concrete-floored megastore with lots and lots of aisles" is the theme.

 

[kaizersose]

Originally posted by: SOSTrooper
The best Fry's in SoCal would have to be the one in City of Industry (toymaker/machinery theme), followed by the one in Anaheim (space station theme). The one in Fountain Valley, Burbank, and Manhattan Beach blow. I never went to the Woodland Hills one tho.

woodland hills is 'faily tale' themed, pretty gay (not that there is anything wrong with it)

 

[dionx]

Originally posted by: SOSTrooper
The best Fry's in SoCal would have to be the one in City of Industry (toymaker/machinery theme), followed by the one in Anaheim (space station theme). The one in Fountain Valley, Burbank, and Manhattan Beach blow. I never went to the Woodland Hills one tho.

i like the San Diego one better. much bigger.

 

[Drakkon]

Theres a neat aztec temple themed one in phoenix,AZ u walk into a temple to view their "theater" setup....its pretty elaborate
the other one (theres 2 in pheonix) is just a massive store with no real theme to it at all...

 

[Pliablemoose]

A couple of years ago my wife commented that Fry's is the perfect place for single geeks:

"They have porn (she'd noticed the covered magazines), Mountain Dew, Beef Jerky, & computer parts."

 

[LongCoolMother]

heres the frys near my house on brokaw.

http://www.igougo.com/photos/journal_photos/Frys.jpg

it was the largest one for a while, dont think it is anymore. but its still huge. go inside, its awesome, they did a great job with the theme. has like mayan cafe too.



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[Corporate Thug]

that frys is soooo clean

 

[BillGates]

I want that store!! The only places around here we can buy puter components are at overpriced little specialty shops or overpriced CompUSSR. LAME

 

[DarkManX]

how about opening up some in philadelphia?

 

[Pliablemoose]

Fry's in Dallas has Longhorns

 

[shopbruin]

biggest fry's is store 12, the sunnyvale store. it has a history of electronics/silicon valley theme going on in there. that place is just clean and modern.

<-- worked at fry's as a cashier.

 

[brtspears2]

Crap, they allowed a camera inside!?

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: brtspears2
Crap, they allowed a camera inside!?

The one in Phoenix, AZ specifically says in a sign on the doors that no picture taking is allowed....hmmm

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: brtspears2
Crap, they allowed a camera inside!?

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. The one in Wilsonville, OR has a big sign near the entrance that says (in effect) "no cameras" and people taking pictures "will be prosecuted."

Frys is my toy store