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Subject:RE: OFF TOPIC: Seattle/Fry's From:"Oja, W. Kelly" <w -dot- kelly -dot- oja -at- verizon -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 5 Sep 2003 08:25:00 -0500
Chuck Martin wrote:
>Fry's is geek heaven. (I don't think I've even seen them put FrameMaker
on
>sale though, but you can sure get a computer powerful enough to run it
>cheaply.)
>Just don't ask a "sales associate" anything; know what you want before
you
>go in, find it, and get out. Or graze on your own.
Chuck's brief description of Fry's sounds eerily like Best Buy. I have
yet to be in any kind of store that performs the bait-n-switch like Best
Buy does.
W. Kelly Oja
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