ajpresto

I wish there was a Fry's around where I live. I get stuck with the big box stores like Best Buy and Circuit City.

ShaniFaye

We went out today to price a few things...and I just have to say...I've heard people rave about fry's for months....every single thing we priced there was more expensive and some things (like a certain tv we are looking at getting) were as much as 100 bucks over H H Gregg (and 90 dollars more than circuit city)

I wont be going to fry's again

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kutulu

Best post I've seen on this thread. People aren't proving shit by abstaining on Black Friday and then going to the mall the next day to buy some $200 pair of jeans or $80 on a shirt with the 'right' label. The overprices goods don't last longer (in fact if you keep up with the trends it only lasts a season, if that at all) and with a little looking you can find items so similar the only way you can tell the difference is if you take it off and look at the tag but for some reason the shit costs 10% of the price of the designer shit.

It only makes sense to make the expensive purchase when quality is such an issue that it cannot be replaced by a generic.

Hardknock

I'm sorry to say that concepts like this don't work at all. Why? Because we are greedy Americans. We will buy twice as much tomorrow to compensate for not buying anything today. Corporate America is laughing at these attempts at "buy nothing or buy no gas day"

Sorry to burst your bubble.

Sultana

*I* do not sacrifice my dignity or anything else, on this day nor any other. And guess what? I was out at the local mall for a few hours on Friday.

People are people. Some are dicks, some are saints, many fall somewhere in between. They choose (via Free Will (OK, maybe 50%-off will. LOL)) to act however they do, every day of the year. No one "turns" them into anything. Except maybe themselves, I suppose.
("with respect"?!?)

Because someone doesn't tell you why, they are a drone, eh? Well then, *I'll* tell you why. Likely she was taught by the biggest influence in her life, her mother. Shock! Horror! Outrage! Whatever! Obviously you didn't share her ideas, which is fine. But look past the surface. Don't name-call. *That* is sacrificing dignity.

Huh. That's an insightful conclusion.

Must be feeling pretty happily self-righteous.

Yes, some people are greedy. Some people are not. Some people buy just to buy. Others buy because of less selfish reasons. Everyone's motivations are different, and forgive me if I don't think it's up to us to make sweeping generalizations and condemnations of the large group of people who dare to make the most of their limited budgets in the best way they see fit.

By the way, at my mall it was crowded. Packed. Never seen so many people there. And folks were well-behaved, mannerly, leisurely (of course I didn't go until after noon, maybe the early-morning crowds were more fierce). I hardly even encountered usual number of screaming, crying kids.
Maybe not having a chip on my shoulder about the whole thing colored my experiences for the positive.

By the way, I may sound angry, but I'm not.
Weird, huh?

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flamingdog

On the subject of my ex, I'm sure I could trace the roots of many of her characteristics back to her mother if I really tried, including her being a colossal bitch, but just because her mother taught her to do it doesn't mean it's right.

Perhaps I do have a chip on my shoulder, but I wasn't accusing you, or anyone in particular of being a drone or sacrificing dignity. Obviously when I say something like 'everyone is a drone' I don't mean literally everybody. I was trying to articulate an opinion I have that the 'consumer experience' has a way of reducing people to dollar signs chasing the biggest 'sale' sign, which I think is pretty sad. It's my opinion, that's all.

And:

meembo

Good Christ, where is the thread about ex-wives? The thread about ex-wives and their mothers? Have I got some shit to unload there!

Ok, back to the thread topic....

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snowy

Fry's is good for the bargains they advertise and for computer components. They easily have the best selection of components I've seen. They're also good for DVDs, also because of selection, not price. Another downside to Fry's is that sometimes they just reshelve returns and so you can easily end up taking home a broken motherboard, useless memory, or another computer component that doesn't function.

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Coppertop

What she said.

Computer components are inexpensive and plentiful at Fry's. That's probably about 95% of what I buy there, with the other 5% being games. Just make sure you don't end up buying a result of their very liberal return policy - these are all marked as such on the box, so paying attention will avoid this hassle.