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#289036 - 30/10/2006 08:43 Carbon 5GB
tahir
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Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1913
Loc: London
Non functional wheel, took it back to Currys but they wouldn't give me a refund and they had nothing I wanted to buy. Free to anyone in the UK.

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#289037 - 30/10/2006 09:30 Re: Carbon 5GB [Re: tahir]
tahir
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Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1913
Loc: London
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#289038 - 30/10/2006 13:11 Re: Carbon 5GB [Re: tahir]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14491
Loc: Canada
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Non functional wheel, took it back to Currys ... in the UK.


Is Currys the UK version of Frys ?

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#289039 - 30/10/2006 13:18 Re: Carbon 5GB [Re: mlord]
tahir
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Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1913
Loc: London
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Is Currys the UK version of Frys ?


Dunno, in the UK Frys are famous for "Turkish Delight" & "Chocolate Cream":

http://www.cadbury.co.uk/EN/CTB2003/about_chocolate/brand_stories/turkish.htm

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#289040 - 30/10/2006 13:38 Re: Carbon 5GB [Re: tahir]
boxer
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Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Is Currys the UK version of Frys ?


Just googling Frys seems to be nearer to PC World - Currys is a more all round electrical store with fridges, TV's, Telephones, as well as PC's.
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#289041 - 30/10/2006 14:24 Re: Carbon 5GB [Re: boxer]
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14491
Loc: Canada
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Is Currys the UK version of Frys ?


Just googling Frys seems to be nearer to PC World - Currys is a more all round electrical store with fridges, TV's, Telephones, as well as PC's.


Frys has all of that stuff, too.

They're kinda like the largest Tesco you could imagine, except filled with tech goodies (and high tech appliances, car audio, phones, software, games, DVDs, CD-A's, etc..).

Quite amazing shops.

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#289042 - 31/10/2006 10:32 Re: Carbon 5GB [Re: mlord]
frog51
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
Sadly the only Fry's I ever went to was the one in Vegas, and prices were pretty much the same as UK prices. Apparently that is just Vegas though.

Imagine how disappointed I was - I had a half empty suitcase just for Fry's goodies
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#289043 - 31/10/2006 15:56 Re: Carbon 5GB [Re: frog51]
matthew_k
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Registered: 12/02/2002
Posts: 2298
Loc: Berkeley, California
Fry's is a complicated beast. You can't just show up and run through with a shopping cart and fill it up. Fry's shopping begins on friday, when "The Frys Ad" comes out. It used to be that frys actually sent cease&decsist letters to people posting these online, so you had to actually buy a copy of the San Jose Mercury (or other local paper, presumably). Now they're posted on the SJ Mercury's web site (kids have it so easy these days). Then, you have to look through then you have to look through the eight to ten page ad, looking for the lost leader prices which will be distributed through pages of normally prices on sale items. Now, you make a mental list of the things you want, and head off to the store. If you go on friday, there's a chance they might have the items that are good deals. If you wait for the weekend, they'll be sold out. Once you get to the store, you wander up and down through the sections where you think the products you are looking for might be. If you're lucky, you'll spot it, because unless it's That Weeks Hard Drive Deal, it won't be marked in any way. If you're lucky, you'll end up with a $20 wireless router and some $0.25 ethernet cables.

On the other hand, Frys is great when you need something odd, right away. They've got everything, but just like any bricks and mortar store, it's going to cost more than what you can get it on the internet for.

Matthew

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#289044 - 31/10/2006 18:25 Re: Carbon 5GB [Re: matthew_k]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
The southeast warehouse for TigerDirect is in Raleigh. They opened up a retail store. It's pretty neat. The same TigerDirect crap that they have in the catalog, but it's available right now. And it's largely not too expensive.
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