Frysad.com Shut down

[tm37]

Well Fry's has gone aftersome who was giving them free advertising. I find it amusing that fry's would go to this length to do this but then Again I wouldn't. I know they took FRYE ELECTRONICS to court over their domain a year or so ago and FRYE has been around for 30-40 years! Just moved to minn in dec no fry's up here, was disappointed but now I don't care they don't care about customers. Never have the FRYSAD.com has moved the site so check it out. I used this site alot when I was IN san Diego because I Hated The UNION BAFFOON newspaper

 

[Davemeister]

just saw that today when I tried to go to that site. how inconvenient.

 

[Hgabriel]

Can you read?

This is the Hot Deals forum for you those that cannot read. Then again you don't know what I am saying anyway.

 

[Ranger X]

I believe they were looking for volunteers at one point to help maintain the site. Looks like the site was too much of a hassle to maintain so it was shut down. I don't blame them since hosting a website and updating it regularly is a lot more work than what most people think.

 

[tm37]

this does diffinetly pertain to hot deals as a whole as many of us used this site to check the ads. if you goto www.frysad.com you will see the letter thatfryssent him.

 

[slucky]

What a bunch of hypocrats!!! The man was doing free advertising for them... fry's SUCKS!!!!!!

 

[FiDo14DiDo]

The guy who sent the letter must have graduated from their customer service department. Man, those guys are complete idiots!!!!!!!!

 

[FiDo14DiDo]

Okay, now, i need a hobby...i just became a senior member...

 

[Sonic625]

Just use the new Fry's ad site its not as easy as frysad.com but it has the same content.
Thanks,
Sonic625

 

[Hgabriel]

I'm not a lawyer but I like to study these situations very closely. According to my research if you refrain from mentioning the copywritten names and logos then you are in complete compliance with the law. Lets say instead of calling it Fry's electronics you define it as Store F. That is perfectly legal. The Domain name is another story. With the unclear laws against cybersqautting it is much to difficult for a website to defend themselves against any corporate machine. For this they simply change the domain name.

 

[NICKel]

Oh didn't someone tell you --------- this is your hobby!!!

 

[ignorus]

I wonder what bonehead at Fry's decided to kill a site that gave them free advertising They probably didn't even look at the site first, they just did a broad search for any domain name that contained "Fry" in it and sent a form letter to each one (i.e. ok #102 with fry in it is www.frenchfry.com -- lets sue them for cybersquatting!).

 

[rectifire]

TTT

I feel that this is important. I see Fry's incompetent management starts from the top down. Killing a website that brings you major business is just a complete act of idiocy.

 

[w3b]

well.. they sure have lots of smart people in the management

 

[airmax]

my.yahoo.com has this new as one of the headings on tech news section, and it pulls from cnet.

i hope they will get less business because of that!!!!!!!

 

[Pers]

whoa, that site was the only way i could ever view the frys ads, cause i too wouldnt buy the union tribun (san diego paper). I hadn't realized how stupid the people at Fry's were. I guess its compusa, staples, and circuit city for me..

 

[Hossenfeffer]

This sort of thing annoys me to no end. It's ludicrous that arbitrary policy could lead to such things as this. Wish I was a lawyer. Oh wait, no I don't.

Hmph.