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Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the San Francisco Bay Area? Now You'll Know.
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Things moving too slowly for you in Cyberland? Thinking about upgrading? Not sure where to start? We give a rundown of the available options and offer advice that will help you select equipment that will suit your needs. We also give you ratings of area stores for quality and price.
From Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine
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Checkbook's top rating ( ) |
What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality" |
Firm's price index score |
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Fry's Electronics
43800 Osgood Rd Fremont, CA
510-252-5300
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244 ratings |
How does "Fry's Electronics" rate compared to other computer stores in Fremont , CA?
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Best Buy
4820 Dublin Blvd Dublin, CA
925-829-7041
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63 ratings |
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Best Buy
63 Ranch Ave Milpitas, CA
408-942-0201
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39 ratings |
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Apple Store
451 University Ave Palo Alto, CA
650-617-9000
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170 ratings |
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Apple Store
2855 Stevens Creek Blvd Santa Clara, CA
408-551-2150
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123 ratings |
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Best Buy
3260 Buskirk Ave Pleasant Hill, CA
925-988-0256
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81 ratings |
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Best Buy
4405 Century Blvd Pittsburg, CA
925-778-1986
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22 ratings |
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Best Buy
1490 Fitzgerald Dr Pinole, CA
510-758-0112
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39 ratings |
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CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).
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As You Can See Below, Some Computer Stores Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Computer Stores.
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Subscriber from SAN RAFAEL, CA wrote
Another Store: Apple's policies and practices for instructing users in using Apple products could use some improvement........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Store: While Apple products are more expensive, I finally took the plunge and splurged on a..........
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Subscriber from RICHMOND, CA wrote
Another Store: Very helpful in providing information so that I could make a decision to purchase a..........
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Subscriber from WALNUT CREEK, CA wrote
Another Store: The staff is sometimes not as knowledgeable as I'd like, and the store feels disorganized..........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Store: I like Apple products (I'm writing this review on one right now), but I can't..........
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Subscriber from RICHMOND, CA wrote
Another Store: this is a very busy store and while prices have dropped for products, there are..........
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Subscriber from EL GRANADA, CA wrote
Another Store: The service is superior to any other I have experienced........
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Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote
Another Store: Big store with lots of variety, but I try to shop elsewhere........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Store: Fry's is a store that if you want to just buy the merchadise they are..........
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Subscriber from ALAMEDA, CA wrote
Another Store: Knowledgeable and helpful staff, good quality merchandise, good to great prices........
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Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote
Another Store: HSC at 3500 Ryder St in Santa Clara buys & sells surplus new & used..........
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Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote
Another Store: New Macbook has been plauged with problems. This product was rushed to market before it..........
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Subscriber from RICHMOND, CA wrote
Another Store: Because they specialize in used computers, there is a lot of variety in equipment there........
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Subscriber from WALNUT CREEK, CA wrote
Another Store: Biggest problem with Fry's is that the staff knows almost nothing. If you know what..........
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote
Another Store: Besides buying hardware and software at the Apple store, I also appreciate the Genius Bar!..........
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Subscriber from ALAMEDA, CA wrote
Another Store: I have ABM put together my last five computers going back to 1995 and they..........
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote
Another Store: Prices of sale items are very good. Non-sale prices are high........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Store: geek squad is just O K.......
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote
Another Store: At Fry's it's the luck of the draw whether you get a salesperson who knows..........
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote
Another Store: Apple support services are SUPERB!.......
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Subscriber from SAN LORENZO, CA wrote
Another Store: I have purchased a computer at Fry's and an extended warranty and had to take..........
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Subscriber from SAN RAFAEL, CA wrote
Another Store: Best computer store in San Francisco Bay Area........
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Subscriber from SARATOGA, CA wrote
Another Store: Lots of products, unfortunately mostly cheap and low quality. Doesn't stock first rate products anymore........
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Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote
Another Store: If it has what you want, it's likely to be cheaper than elsewhere, based on..........
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Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote
Another Store: Compumart is an excellent computer service and store. Their technical staff have 'saved' two crashed..........
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Subscriber from SAN BRUNO, CA wrote
Another Store: Special prices can be excellent on PC's and laptops.......
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Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote
Another Store: Sometimes there are sales with super low prices and that's what make Fry's worth going..........
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Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote
Another Store: I'm a computer professional and build computers as a hobby. This chain (I usually use..........
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote
Another Store: Work was done at the new Sunnyvale CA store........
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Subscriber from SANTA CRUZ, CA wrote
Another Store: I'd love to find a well-stocked Apple store that was not a noisy mob scene..........
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Subscriber from BIRMINGHAM, MI wrote
Another Store: Excellent customers service and considerate people who listen to your needs........
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Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote
Another Store: the lack of a simple cash register makes every visit an adventure in checkout..........
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Subscriber from DANVILLE, CA wrote
Another Store: Very reliable merchant........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Store: Outstanding return policy (2 years with receipt). Very helpful, very knowledgeable........
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Subscriber from SANTA CLARA, CA wrote
Another Store: No one should ever expect Fry's to be more than a convenient location for many..........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Store: Their "Geek Squad" computer service (they come to your home to install hardware) is not..........
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Subscriber from LOS ALTOS, CA wrote
Another Store: English NOT spoken here!.......
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Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote
Another Store: Geek Squad home installation prompt friendly and good!.......
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Store: Can't rate #6 On-line purchase........
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Subscriber from SAN BRUNO, CA wrote
Another Store: Spent three hours bringing my four year old computer back into service, no charge........
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Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote
Another Store: Surplus Computers buys manufacturer & corporate excess, overstock, & obsolete inventories in bulk and sells..........
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Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote
Another Store: Once I started shopping at Microcenter, I never went back to Fry's. You can get..........
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Subscriber from PIEDMONT, CA wrote
Another Store: Over the past several years I have used this local, neighborhood, computer store many times..........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Store: I built my recent PC from parts bought there. Good selection of quality parts, and..........
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote
Another Store: Good when the have a sale. Otherwise, just like the other office stores........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Store: Hooked me up tp att dsl and I lost 80% of my caller id.Told them..........
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Subscriber from SANTA CLARA, CA wrote
Another Store: You need to know what you want before going to Fry's. Research your products (HW..........
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Subscriber from PETALUMA, CA wrote
Another Store: Gave us a discount when our computer model went on sale two weeks later and..........
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Subscriber from CASTRO VALLEY, CA wrote
Another Store: Love Apple products. Problem with this store is that it is always very crowded. It..........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Store: EXCELLENT WARRANTY SERVICE.......
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