[BC] RE: Equipment Hall of Fame/Fry's

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In a message dated 4/9/2007 9:20:19 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
kevint at greatplainsmedia.us writes:

You know  I was, at one time, very enamored by Fry's.  My fiancee is from  
nearby Naperville, Il and she was the one who introduced me to it as the  
"greatest electronics store ever" (hence why we're getting  married).

However, the last few times I went there I was fairly  disappointed.  Their 
selection of tools is very minimal.   Usually the shelves are an unorganized 
mess, and their employees are very  apathetic (when you can even find them). 
Price-wise for the most part you  can do better online.



The advantage of Fry's is that you can "see," some of the products. My last  
few experiences with Fry's have been less than stellar. I purchased a Seagate  
300 Gig back up hard drive that failed after seven months of use. Fry's would 
 not exchange the device even thought it was still within the one year 
warranty  period. Had I purchased their store's warranty for $25.00 at the time, it 
would  have been covered!
 
As it was, I was running without a back up for more than seven week until  
Sea-gate finally sent me a new drive. My next purchase will not be a Sea-Gate as 
 they were very difficult to work with.
 
I have had much better success and have an open account with Newark  
Electronics and also Mouser. They are much more customer friendly and both do  deliver 
in a timely manner.
 
Russel L.  O'Toole, P.C.
R&M Consulting

31 Ponderosa  Drive
Romeoville, Illinois 60446
815-372-1990 voice
630-699-2965  cell
815-886-9232 fax
KD5OAE General



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