[wplug] Best Buy's insanity ...

[Patrick Wagstrom]

> Anyone had experience, or heard about problems with Fry's Electronics?

Funny you should mention that, I went to Fry's in Santa Clara today. 
Surprisingly, they had exactly what I was looking for, and Intel a/b/g 
MiniPCI card, try to find that at Best Buy.  Fry's is a lot like 
MicroCenter with a bit better selection, but a lot messier.

I've been to Fry's in a couple of different states now, and the 
experience is pretty much the same everywhere, not like best buy the 
same, but very similar. Think of it as a place with more selection, but 
where you always think that somehow they're trying to scam you.  This is 
largely because a lot of their "deals" are pretty low quality stuff. 
However, despite the feeling, I've had good experiences with Fry's. 
Both in person at their stores (the closest Fry's to Pittsburgh is in 
Chicago, I think) and online.  If you're going online, they also run 
outpost.com.

The interface for outpost isn't the best, but usually they have good 
prices.  A lot of times I'll utilize NewEgg.com to look up information 
about a product, and then purchase it later from Outpost.com or 
mwave.com.  I'm not sure if I'd every purchase something really 
expensive from them however.  For larger purchases, I usually pay for 
the trust of NewEgg.

--Patrick