doctorclu

Micro Center should consider setting up shop in Slidell.

Fry's was pretty cool when I first went to one, 20+ years ago. I looked forward to visiting the stores and looking at all of the stuff I couldn't afford (but wanted to buy). As Radio Shack deteriorated, Fry's became one of the few retail stores where you could buy stuff for electronics projects. They had a huge selection so you could compare different brands and had competitive prices. My HDTV was bought there, and I got a great deal on it.

That was in 2007.

Over subsequent years, the stores deteriorated. There were fewer products, the displays fell apart, demos didn't work, entire sections weren't restocked, and the employees just seemed to stop caring. I don't recall the last time I went into a Fry's. I certainly didn't buy anything the last several times I went in either, because they didn't have what I was looking for.

Online retailers often get blamed for the death of brick-and-mortar retailers like Fry's, Radio Shack, Sears and Toys 'R' Us. But if you really look at how the stores were run, and what a miserable experience in-person shopping became, they did it to themselves.

The nearest Micro Center to me is in Tustin. 85 miles away, on the other side of Los Angeles. Not visiting anytime soon.

Micro Center opened here about 12 years ago.  Still appears to be busy and doing OK, thankfully!

I'm so spoiled with their SD and MicroSD cards at the cash register.  I get a new one every trip just because they are so cheap.  I am flush with 32/64GB micro SDs.

Not to mention the only place where you need "X" cable or part.  They will have it.  Not even Radio Shack would compare back in the day.  Have even gotten fiber network cables there during a work emergency.