Fry's sucks. (was: goin to CA soon, to be a CC tychoon

Pretty much. Especially given how the prices, at least up here have gone up. When Fry's opened their Oregon store, they had really good prices, often better than the local hole in the wall PC shops. When DVD's started to hit mainstream, they had really good prices. Now overall, a trip to Best Buy is more worth my time. For us, it's a long trip, and the last time we went, which was a month or two ago, after over 9 months, the prices sucked! There are some simple rules though to make your buying experience better. 1. Know what prices should be on stuff! 2. Have a reason besides Fry's to be in the area (In our case, first we visit my Grandmother, and we finish it off by going to a resturant that we like). 3. Only buy new merchandise (or a least try to). 4. Only go when there is a bunch of stuff you're looking for. 5. Don't buy anything there that you might want to return (though I must admit, they were very easy to deal with the one time we returned something). 6. Don't get sucked in by their sales! Do they ever have enough sale HD's in stock? 7. Know what the competition in the area sells the same stuff for! In other words know what prices should be on stuff! Zane -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |