Once again I have emerged from my cave to give an update on my latest Fry's exploits.

Black Friday: Yup, missed it again. To be honest there didn't seem like that many insane deals, save for a few items over the $1K line (which were great deals, but only if you were willing to drop the coin). What I found most strange about the ads during the holiday season were the "Gifts Under" pages. Basically they would have a bunch of items "Under $20" progressing to "Under $1000". There was the usual assortment of webcams, PDAs, and the like... but there were also bizarre suggestions like Adobe After Effects in the under 1K section. Nothin' says I love you like the gift of software.

Today's visit: Went with a co-worker who went on a rampage (DVD burner, Apple AirPort Express, and a 4G iPod case). They didn't have Harold and Kumar go to white castle in stock, so I ended up just doing a lot of people watching. Two particular groups of customers:

The "smart friend". Three guys in the DVD burner aisle. One of them insisting to the others that DVD-R was the only DVD burning standard that works in home DVD players and the others following like sheep. Okay, -Rs are traditionally more compatible with home players, but +R does not neccessarily mean completley incompatible.

The "couple that needs to spice up their love life by buying porn at Fry's". Regular-looking middle age couple (white guy, Asian woman) caught crusing through the pr0n section. The woman kept looking around as if suddenly Ed McMahon would pop out saying she won the sweepstakes while standing in front of a bunch of "Ebony Action" DVDs. Guy seemed kind of into it and would often ask for her opinion by showing her the back of the case. She did not seem interested. Magic 8-ball says "Outlook not so good".

Other than that it was a pretty uneventful visit. The return line was the shortest I think I've EVER seen it (1 guy in line) and the webcam aisle looked picked clean. Was that a really popular gift for the holidays? Do you really want Uncle Bob showing his naughty bits on the net with a webcam you gave him? May that thought haunt you forever.

Happy New Year!

Total Time Spent: 20 minutes
Total Money Spent: $0 (w00t)
posted by Steve at 1:19 AM

Chronicles my trips to Fry's Electronics

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