goin to CA soon, to be a CC tychoon

On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote: Hmm... must be my cute appearance and sweet voice then, because I was NEVER treated badly @ Fry's. And jesus, at one point my friends just drove to Fry's rather than my place if they were looking for me, so I *did* spend some time there :) Basically... everyone there wearing a Fry's badge is clueless. That is a fact. They're paid to walk around and take your cash, but not anything else. Get your facts right BEFORE walking in, or you'll loose. Oh, and indeed, their return policy means: ---------- [with heavy Indian accent] Oooh, Sir, so it did not work? Let me call my Supervisor, and we will refund you then. [throws unchecked package on stack of stuff] Thank You, Sir, and shop here again! ---------- Later, I'd see someone with that stuff in a cart, returning the packages to their shelves.. ;-) Did I mention how I managed to get an ethernet card NOT working by accidentally plugging it into my 220VAC ? OK, so I didnt like the friggin card and wanted to return it, but still.. they never checked, and I am sure they just placed it back on the shelf... But, however clueless they are, they were never rude to me, or let me wait long. [mental note: DO NOT pay with a Platinum card. you WILL be talking to a black-hatted security professional soon after, usually one from the Sunnyvale Police.] All that said... I love to hang around there. The automatic piano in their Sunnyvale store rocks, and I have spent endless hours there, talking to customers who were looking for wireless [ethernet] gear, up to the point where I was asked by a staff member to help myself to anything in their coffee shop ;-) --fred