8 Jun
2003
8 Jun
'03
2:44 p.m.
Fred N. van Kempen 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.
Nah, that ain't it. My voice is trashed from yelling over unbaffled
diesels, and my appearance often frightens young children, but I do just
fine in Fry's.
I've shopped Fry's in Austin and Dallas Texas, and in Phoenix (Tempe,
really) AZ, and haven't ever had a problem. I've gotten a couple of bad
components, but overall, no worse than the local screwdriver shops.
I've bought quite a few of their open-box specials and never gotten a
dud. Maybe it's a California thing?
I will agree that expecting *help* there is nuts. But folks, I bill
in the neighborhood of $100/hr for knowing what to do with/to/about a
computer. Can I *really* expect a $9/hr sales kid to know more than I do?
Doc