Guess who's back? Minor update to be followed soon by something more substantial.
Black Friday is approaching and I'm starting to see all of my favorite gadget haunts load up on inventory for the unwashed masses that will get in my way post Turkey day. I heard on NPR that consumer electronics are the way to go this holiday season assuming you aren't buried under a balloon ARM or CC debt. What does that mean? iPods for everyone!
I'm guessing Olevia LCDs, GQ laptops, and other assorted 3rd tier electronics on sale for Fry's on Friday. Are they going to do something with HD-DVD ala Wal*Mart's $99 Toshiba A2? Probably not... but hey, maybe they'll drop the A3 under $200?
Been picking up most of my holiday game releases at stores other than Fry's. Why? Fry's has been aggressive with AAA this year, selling many at their magical $37.99 mark. Great if you can line up on Tuesdays, not so great when you can't and they're OOS for the next 2 weeks.
Kane and Lynch... the only other worse possible date would have been 9/25.
posted by Steve at 2:38 AM
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Reposting in order to get rid of comment spam... new posts soon.
Trust me, I've been a complete consumer whore these past few weeks, I just haven't blogged about it.
I'm staring down a stack of Fry's receipts. Here's a rundown (details to follow):
9/26/2005 - $6.48 - Cheapest trip ever. MobilePC Magazine
9/16/2005 - $238.14 - Another Seagate 400GB
9/16/2005 - $279.26 - Seagate 400GB & XBox Burnout Revenge
8/29/2005 - $54.11 - RF wireless keyboard/mouse (same day)
8/29/2005 - $67.84 - Bluetooth USB, Pemmican, USB extension cable, switch, Cup O Noodles
8/12/2005 - $109.28 - ATA Raid adapter, Dogtown & ZBoyz, Harry Potter 3, Retro Gamer
7/29/2005 - $151.52 - Logitech Bluetooth Headset, Iron Giant, Bluetooth USB
7/26/2005 - $22.31 - Paycheck, Face/Off, Mamba candy
Once again I amaze myself. Also, you may be wondering why I picked up those hard drives? Well, I've been busy putting together a file server... here is the result:
Yowza.
posted by Steve at 8:58 AM
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Yep, been to Fry's a bunch of times. Nope, I haven't been posting.
Baby steps... I'm going to update with my latest trip and then fill in a few of the previous trips as I sort through my receipts later this week.
I'm back to the "Fry's on Friday" trips, even though the random 1 Day Only Wed/Tues deals are enticing. Not a lot in the flyer actually attracted me, save for noticing that they were using the new Harry Potter book as a loss leader ($13.99 on Saturday) and this is the third week they've been pimping a relatively expensive Intel dual-core CPU/MB combo.
The 400GB Seagate is on sale yet again. I've somehow managed to fill another drive, but I'm holding off on getting anything new until the SATA drives start dropping a bit.
Went with J, so I decided to make it a quick trip. Their selection of mini-fridges leaves a lot to be desired, but I guess it's not a big product (no pun intended) for the American market. I have seen that Europeans / Asians have a much greater selection of smaller "dorm size" refrigerators due to space concerns. Regardless, passed on what was available. Also browsed past the wine storage units.... maybe for the next place.
Ended up grabbing what I came in for, ink for my Epson Stylus Photo R200 printer. Strangely they only had 3rd party cartridges for the R2/300 series AND they were completely out of Cyan. Picked up the magenta, light magenta, yellow, and light cyan carts produced by a company called Print-Rite. Haven't given them extensive testing, but so far so good. Plus they don't have that weird 'paint' smell that I've gotten from carts I've ordered from Ink4Art. Cost was approximately 30% cheaper than the Epson branded stuff.
Oh, one "store has changed" note. The video cards have been pushed back to behind the computer section, similar to the Sunnyvale store. What was there is now filled with laptop bags. Probably a good choice in terms of consistency, but if an employee is trying to get a laptop buyer to load up on accessories as well, he has to lead his/her customer through TWO aisles to get the bag and then portable mouse/portable power adapter, etc. And given the layout of the store, the employee will have to basically lead the prospect away from the cash registers to get to the next area. Not a great strategy IMHO. Why not put all the laptop-related goodies in the same area (on either side of the aisle)? Oh well, I guess Fry's never really was a place for great store layout... just thinking about ways they could increase their bottom line.
And yes, I do realize that this is based on the assumption that the Fry's employee actually helps a customer find accessories for the laptop.
Total Time Spent: 10 minutes
Total Money Spent: $35.96
posted by Steve at 5:10 PM
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