Brandon Weir
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IceWeasel, you any relation to TeaWeasel from Indianapolis??
I mean you do have the same last name.![Stick Out Tongue :p :p](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I mean you do have the same last name.
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Few, if any, of us in those areas will be travelling the 40-60 minutes one-way to look at your new store.
I hate to be a pessimist, but I don't see it working out long-term for Fry's. After looking at their website, it seems their focus is the high-tech professional. This is not a high-tech town, and there already seems to be good competition in electronics. And as southside johnny pointed out, that location is too far away. I think that was part of Incredible Universe's problem - the store was just too far from Indy and the rest of the Castleton stores. And once people realized the prices weren't any better there they had no real reason to drive the extra ten miles from Castleton.
I've been to Fry's out in California and they are really no different than Circuit City. Prices out there were comparable.
I don't know anything about Fry's electronics, but I wouldn't buy anything from Best Buy if they were the last electronic place on earth. Their service sucks. Their employees are rude, if you can even find somebody to help you.
Fry's is god if you are the least bit technical. Let me tell you why:
1. They are a SUPERMARKET of electronics. They treat electronics like food, not like diamond rings. This means merchandise is priced inexpensively and is put there to move. Not sit and gather dust.
2. Geeks have a "homeland". You will see geeks come out of their shell and not be afraid to display their geekiness. So what? Well, Indiana is a brain drain state. The people who enjoy electronics also usually go to college. And then leave. Fry's gives them one big reason to stay.
3. Indiana pulled into the information age. Indiana wants to be this new bio-science leader yada yada. Fry's actually helps make that possible. Indiana isn't doing so well in this information-age economy. Fry's can help if it lasts.
WARNING: if you are not geeky, don't bother going to Fry's.
wtburnette said:That's why I'm glad I'm in Minnesota. It's more of a tech hub then Indy. Not to the level of California or even Atlanta, but better nonetheless.
pro-mpd said:Yeah... I actually hate to complain so much but it's really frustrating around here (in Indiana) when people complain about things they don't even understand. The raised interstate speed limit is another good example (people just don't understand the statistics and will swear up and down that they are right when they are not), or the change to daylight savings time (people who want to keep us without DST... or the people who want to change, but want to change to CST so the sun comes up at 4:30 a.m.). I can't wait to get out of this state. And stop at Fry's on my way.