[SGVLUG] Cheap drives at Fry's

[Zack, James]

The ad doesn't say quantities are limited, couldn't you get a rain check if
they ran out?  I know I would certainly ask for one.

I have never had a problem getting the sale stuff from Fry's, which is
generally all I purchase from them.  I never seem to need to pay much for
paper, media or knick-knacks if you wait long enough for them to go on sale.

I purchased a Norcent DVD player that supports DIVX for $29.00 a few months
back, best dang DVD player I have ever had... I am waiting for those to go
on sale at Frys again so I can get one for the bedroom.  They had a stack of
them there at the time and nobody was buying them it seemed.

-JZ

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Kutz [mailto:jdkutz_68 at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:38 AM
To: sgvlug at sgvlug.net
Subject: RE: [SGVLUG] Cheap drives at Fry's


So....  This seems to be the newest fad. A few months ago I was in Fry's
looking for a hard drive and as I was about to pick up a unit for $120 the
clerk came by stocking the shelf with 60 GB Western Digital units for $20
after rebates. I grabbed one and thought it was my lucky day. Then a few
days later I felt like I could use another bit of luck in my life so I went
back to buy a spare drive. It seems the 15-20 units the clerk was stocking
that night was all the units that store was allocated; and of course they
were probably gone 35 minutes after I got mine.

I guess the lesson is that when you see a deal like this you have to jump on
it (or have a friend working at Fry's to give you a heads-up). I suspect
they are teasers, meant to get you in the store rather than to have one
available to sell to you.

I do appreciate the link to Fry's online presence, I did not know about 
that...     Jeff


>
>For those of you who missed the $25 Seagate 160 gig drive at Fry's on 
>Labor Day, there's a similar Fry's deal, good today and tomorrow. This 
>is the expanded view from the OC Register, but it's in the LA Times as 
>well (LA and OC are in the same region as far as Fry's is concerned, btw):
>
>http://shopping.ocregister.com/ROP/ads.aspx?advid=179018&adid=1979647&s
>ubid=8593563
>
>Hitachi Deskstar 160 Gig drive, 8 Meg buffer, 7200 RPM, retail box.
>
>In store: $90 - $60 rebate = $30
>
>PLU #: 3885187 (if you want to call first before going to Fry's, that's 
>the Price Look-Up #).
>

>