Posts about Fry's
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—>Jim spotted this confusing sign at a Fry's store in Campbell, Calif. On a display of compact fluorescent light bulbs, the store helpfully notes that some assembly is required. "Is it safe to assemble your own fluorescent light bulbs?" he wrote. "I mean with the dangerous mercury vapor and all?" More »
—>The last line of defense against armed robbery at Fry's: receipt checks. Three men loaded up carts with merchandise at a San Diego store, and just headed for the door. More »
—>Engadget says they've caught Fry's electronics and Monster Cable pulling a fast one on their customers, again. They first noticed this cute little display last year, but it's apparently still being used. Here's how it works. More »
—>The LA Times is reporting that former Fry's executive and accused embezzler, Omar Siddiqui, once gambled away $8 million in a single day. According to the IRS, Mr. Siddiqui financed his gambling by taking at least $65.6 million in kickbacks from Fry's suppliers. He's been charged with money laundering and fraud, and if convicted, he faces 140 years in prison. More »
—>This Fry's in Texas apparently wants you to pay for them to replace their inventory. Or they think their customers are idiots. Maybe both? More »
—>Read the dirty details of the 26 page complaint against the Fry's VP caught embezzling $65 million here. Post your favorite tidbits in the comments. More »
—>A Fry's VP was arrested last Friday for embezzling $65 million from the electronics retailer to fuel a gargantuan gambling lifestyle and feed his appetite for excess. More »
—>You know what makes you angry? Wii bundles. Here's the situation. You go to the store to buy a Wii. You ask if they have any in stock. They do. You decide to buy the Wii — only to find out that they won't sell you the Wii without forcing you to buy a bunch of other stuff. You become very angry. You write to us. More »
—>A Fry's electronic worker has posted his predictions for 28 bad things that happen inside stores this Black Friday. There's things on there like registers being down, full-on face-punching between customers, and customers and employees getting away with shoplifting. It's not just for Fry's, I imagine these things will be happening in stores across America, assuming people have any money left to go Black Friday shopping this year. Maybe you can make the 28 things inside into a Bingo Card and play against your friends... More »
—>Inside, email addresses, phone numbers, and addresses for over 100 different companies to inject your customer service complaints into their corporate executive offices, and get it well on the way to success. More »
—>Reader Mike says that he contacted a rebate company after not receiving his check, only to find out that the company had issued a check to someone else — and then suggested he contact that person and "discuss the matter of your rebate being deposited in his account." Um... what? More »
—>Inside, the Fry's Electronics Home Office corporate directory. Some of these extensions are duplicates, but the list seems to work in general. If you're having trouble getting traction on a customer service issue with the notoriously difficult to reach company, this could be your lodestar. Update: An insider went through the giant phone list and broke out the upper-level people by their job area. More »
Here's your daily dose of vitriol: an alleged former employee of Fry's has posted a list of 100 reasons why you shouldn't shop there. They range from " Pushy sales people," to " I have never officially seen anyone clean, scrub and sanitize the bathrooms." Bitter, very bitter. [Fry's Forum] More »
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I took this photo at Fry's Electronics last night in Anaheim, California- And here I was thinking Best Buy was the only company to price their open box items at a premium. This Sony Ericsson data cable costs $29.90 unopened at Fry's Electronics. If you'd like the 'pre-used' variety, it'll cost you $17.59 MORE. More »
—>Fry's employees in Renton, Washington sold Black Friday aspirants the chance to cut to the front of the pre-dawn line for between $108.79 and $200, including tax. Puzzled shoppers were assured that the money went to Fry's, not the employees. A Fry's worker explained the situation with disarming naiveté:
When KING 5 asked about this at the customer service desk, one employee said: "Oh they stopped doing that. They weren't supposed to." The employee said the store manager put a stop to it.Anyone who paid the advancement fee will receive a full refund. The rogue salesmen will be sent to the back of the unemployment line. More »
—>This is a picture of the 1,300 unopened rebate forms a Mercury News reporter found in a dumpster near Vastech, a rebate processor for Fry's Electronics. More »
Here's a potentially handy list of phone numbers for Fry's, the electronics retail chain, for bypassing the store operator. Apparently, each Fry's phone system is set up the same way with the first five digits being the "base" number and the last two being the extension number. More »
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—>Remember that sweet Xbox 360 Bundle that Outpost was pimping on Monday? The one that not only involved a premium system, but games involving zombie killing, hit-and-run-driving and not-hit-and-run-driving? All for $200 below retail price? More »
—>[H]Consumer bought 4 computers from 4 different retailers and compared and contrasted the experiences. Then he made a diorama using this week's vocab words. More »
What do you get when you staff your electronics superstore with pimply and gangly minimum wage monkeys? The sort of apathetic customer service that causes even those with monk-like patience to snap the rigid palm of their hand into the base of a Best Buy's employee's nose over and over and over again until blood starts ejaculating from their ears. More »
