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RE: The Slow Death of the Electronics Store
Well we all know the answer here, the entire tech industry is an online one. Really, bricks and mortar shops of all sorts will be a thing of the past soon. I just hope they replace them with microbreweries or at least a Dave and Busters.
I remember when Circuit City shut down... that was the beginning of the end in my mind.
I was a regular at Radio Shack as a kid and teenager. The last time I was in the states the GameStop appeared to be doing ok, but the Radio Shack was entirely stocked with mobile phones and cheap tablets.
Never heard of Fry's but that place looks like a store that is just trying to get rid of what little stock they have left before they close their doors for good.
It's the truth, just hard for me to swallow. I wish there was a way for these electronics stores to find a niche somehow. I do order most of my stuff online, but there is something to be said about the joys of browsing the aisles.
I don't even mind if it is a bit more expensive, I get it that they have overheads. But unfortunately it isn't just a little more expensive, but a lot more expensive in most cases!
I hadn't heard of Fry's either until I moved out here to CA. In fact, even at that point I thought that electronics stores of this size had pretty much gone the way of the dodo. At first I thought what you said, they they are just trying to get rid of stock. But the rate at which they are doing it... It seems like it would be unfeasible. It has to cost more to stay open than the minimal sales they are doing!