[sf-lug] Fry's now *permanently* shutting down

[Bobbie Sellers]

Hi Aaron and other LUGers,

Well I haven't been to Fry's in a long time except for the online store 
which
I thought looked empty, that is of things for sale of any interest to 
me.  Seems
to me that they were in competition with places like Best Buy.

     When I was able to get to the stores in Santa Clara and Palo Alto 
years ago
it was an electronic wonderland.  Toys I could not afford, not and buy 
Zorro cards
for my Amiga A2000b.   I used to go there at every opportunity though.

     Sorry to see them go.


On 2/24/21 7:58 AM, aaronco36 wrote:
> Quoting the top section of today's http://frys.com/ :
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> After nearly 36 years in business as the one-stop-shop and online 
> resource for high-tech professionals across nine states and 31 stores, 
> Fry's Electronics, Inc. (Fry's or Company), has made the difficult 
> decision to shut down its operations and close its business 
> permanently as a result of changes in the retail industry and the 
> challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Company will implement 
> the shut down through an orderly wind down process that it believes 
> will be in the best interests of the Company, its creditors, and other 
> stakeholders.
>
>
> The Company ceased regular operations and began the wind-down process 
> on February 24, 2021. It is hoped that undertaking the wind-down 
> through this orderly process will reduce costs, avoid additional 
> liabilities, minimize the impact on our customers, vendors, landlords 
> and associates, and maximize the value of the Companys assets for its 
> creditors and other stakeholders.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> I know folks here have relied upon Fry's in the recent past for our 
> computer and electronics supplies, even up to the current state of the 
> COVID-19 pandemic :-(
>
> -Aaron
>
>
> aaronco36 at sdf.org
>

This was covered on TV news on channel 5 this morning I believe.

     Bobbie Sellers