From: chrispam1@me.com   
      
   On 2021-02-25, Beaver Fever  wrote:   
   > out of business   
   >   
   > Loved going in there and browsing but with no car and no time to shop,   
   > their home delivery was a godsend. Except they couldn't deliver to my   
   > home because the credit card billing address is my mailbox place and   
   > they wouldn't deliver there because it wasn't my home even tho the   
   > whole reason the place exists is to accept packages on my behalf. So I   
   > unapologetically unsubbed from all emails and just started using   
   > Newegg. So yeah, kinda sucks but they were refusing to take my money   
   > for no good reason.   
      
   Back in 1985 when the very first Fry's opened in Sunnyvale, CA, it was   
   little more than a giant mash-up of Radio Shack and 7-11. We called it   
   Chips and Chips (as in silicon and salty snacks). It opened in a pretty   
   anonymous building in an anonymous business park right in the heart of   
   Silicon Valley, and was an immediate hit with the local techies who   
   browsed the aisles during lunch hour. There were no "theme" stores yet.   
   (When the Sunnyvale store relocated to a larger space, its theme became   
   "History of Silicon Valley.")   
      
   I think the first theme store I visited was "Wild West" in Palo Alto,   
   CA. Before we left California, I regularly shopped at "Mayan Temple" in   
   San Jose.   
      
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