Frys Goes Belly Up

[scorsesefan]

My local, pretty big camera shop went out of business before the pandemic.

Competition seems so brutal...just a grind to get by now I imagine versus easily selling a few trucks of $75K betacams back-in-the-day.

Which one was that, Norbro?

 

[NorBro]

Cameta Camera

 

[scorsesefan]

Cameta Camera

Oh. That was in Amityville, right? Is Berger Brothers still around?

 

[NorBro]

Yeah. BB closed a couple of locations over the last 10 years and has their solo HQ in Syosset. Not sure if they are still open but I think they are (was there last summer).

 

[Batutta]

Thankfully down in OC we have MicroCenter. The “mini” Frys.

Canada has Memory Express, which is similar, a smaller chain store focused only on computer components. The also have a good online site. This is probably the way forward for electronics retailers, smaller targeted stores instead of giant box stores.

 

[cyvideo]

When all the brick and mortar are gone, we may realize just how much we missed wandering these museums of products with a bunch of geeks to point us in the right direction. I'll be telling my kids about it someday and they'll look at me like I used to look at my dad talking about an 8 track tape.

Hey I remember them! 8 tracks were all the go there for a while. My first real electronic day of wonder was around '62-'63 when a friend of mine put a new 45 RPM record player in his car. Everyone wanted to tool around in his wheels. I knew from that moment on the future world of electronics was going to be a blast.

Chris Young