Came here from out of town for film needs. They had a cool claw machine to get unused expired film…read morefor $10 and you can play until you get one. They also have almost anything needed for travel photography which is great. The person who helped us was helpful, nice and patient. Value wise for some equipment, a little pricey for convenience, but expected.

Very welcoming, amazing staff and pretty good pricing and plenty options if you're looking for a…read moreused camera or film for your old one.

This place leans heavily toward the audio side of the home entertainment spectrum, and they do a…read morespectacular job of it. Pretty much everything they carry is an aspirational brand, you could most likely be happy with anything in the store. Part of their service oriented business model is hosting informative presentations from manufacturers - a great way to learn what's new. If you're fortunate enough to be able to consider brands like Magnepan, Linn, McIntosh, Sonus Faber, Magico, or Dynaudio, you owe it to yourself to visit the folks at Pearl.

Great selection with polite, professional, and knowledgeable staff. I've purchased a turntable,…read moreamp, and speakers here and very happy with the results. Connor was a pleasure to work with. I'd definitely visit again the next time I'm in the market for an upgrade. Recommended!

If Jim doesn't have what I need, he sees to it that I know where else to try. He is a fount of…read moreknowledge and cheerful assistance.

I've been searching online and the boring box stores for some good inexpensive quality speakers for…read moremy personal laptop setup. Fortunately, I decided to venture down a search into the more local small businesses and came upon this cool old school & quirky shop. I think the gentleman's name was Jim. Older dude that could pass as your nerdy techy friend who's probably collected every tech gadget since the original Tron came out. Told him what I was looking for but I gradually got discouraged as all he was showing me were the bigger style bigger sound units that are common for home systems. But, alas! With a little patience we revealed a new treasure: smaller desk top speakers! Minor speaker mesh stains on the front but super decent with a little TLC. He was super friendly and chill, even making an effort to find parts that could potentially be missing from this set (like compatible power cord). It also came with an amp box that I've got sitting below my desk table, which was a nice surprise (I keep it plugged in for the deeper sounds or just unplugged for more "regular(?)" crispy audio). All that for a really awesome deal; I think it was something like $15-30 or something crazy like that. Good shit, dude! Thank you. If you're looking for small speakers, I probably snagged the last set but I definitely recommend this place for any help with acheiving 2 things at once: reusing/upcycling any sort of old working electronics and supporting a damn good local friendly small business.

There is ambiguity about what services are actually provided. Their services such as data…read moresanitization are only in exchange for donations, you can't pay for it even though online it says you can.

Dropped off my old desktop ... they assured me my info would be deleted from it…read more Easy to deal with. The people are very helpful

These guys are top notch. They are responsive and knowledgeable. We had some tricky requests and…read morethe answer was never no. It was always, let's figure out a way to do it. Still calling them 6 months later as I continue to add more features to our C4 system. And they've never let me down. Some of these reviews are unrealistic in my view. When working with technology things can be unpredictable. Expecting to hook up all this stuff flip a switch and it magically works perfectly is crazy. They've solved every problem eventually. And the "never give up" attitude is what I value more than speed. We love our C4 system and it's incredibly complicated.... - Theater with Xbox/Xfinity/AppleTV - 150+ light switches - electric blinds throughout - outdoor sound system - speakers in virtually every room - 10+ wireless access points all over the house - 10 wireless deadbolts - Tied into our security system with over 100 door, window, glass, smoke and co2 sensors Highly recommend you give them your business and patience. It will be worth it.

Avoid this place like the plague. It's truly horrible. They have an incredible sales pitch…read more Honestly fantastic and we were taken by it. They will tell you that they are doing work for huge companies and individuals and you are lucky to have them. Unfortunately for us, we believed them. First, they gave us a timeframe for installation which ended up being much later than they promised which caused us not to have our system in place for a party. Second, the wireless network that they set up had lots of holes in it. Their sales pitch promised that it would be flawless and if it wasn't, there would be no cost to us for making it right. It took them weeks to come out and analyze it and we had to threaten them to get them to show up. Finally they did.They tried to charge us a few thousand dollars more when it didn't work and blamed the house set up for the problem. The truth is they never came out and checked out how our house was set up and as a result, The system didn't work. They did put in more equipment to make it right and then tried to charge us for it. Eventually they wrote it off. But it was a fight every step of the way and the representations they made to us when we bought the system were simply over exaggerated. Third, we bought this service contract where they represented that they would be able to fix any problem that arose within a day. That simply was false. Today, we have not had I our system working for a few days and after they screwed around with it for a while over the Internet, said that they would not be able to get to it until next week. When we reported the representations that they made, they simply said we'll try, but we only have two technicians. If you are reading this note they only have two technicians that can solve problems. And now we are without our system for another week because they can't fix it. In short, these people overpromise and under deliver and overcharge also. Don't go near them. You are forewarned.

Great customer service. Great selection…read more Friendly staff. Fair prices. Great location with parking.

Fred's is a wonderful holdover from the days when mom and pop audio stores existed in many…read moreneighborhoods. They carry new gear at all price ranges, as well as doing repairs and selling a fantastic variety of used audio. In my experience, high quality hifi gear tends to be bought by people who take good care of it, and makes for excellent purchase opportunities when the original owner decides to upgrade. Whether I need something or not, looking at both the new and the used gear at Fred's is always fun.

What a gem in the Portland area. I'm so excited to get into crafting again after visiting the spot…read more So many different odds and ends at deep discounts. Perfect for many craft making needs! Can't wait to go back

From walking in the door to checking out and then the best part of going through the store, it was…read moreincredible. The staff were so helpful, the shelves had so many things to look at and decide on that I left knowing I would come back.

We came here to get a MacBook Neo and a Mac mini. We were greeted and when we told him what items…read morewe were in the market for he immediately told us that there were no Mac Mini's available and that was it. We had checked on our phones with the APPLE APP that stated that it was available for purchase and pick up at this location. The Guy proceeded to tell us that it was not available and ended with that. We said okay that's fine, and then asked if there were any MacBook Neo available and he stated yes and to go over to the "order pick up table". My fiancé and I arrived to the table and saw a team member kind of slouched over the table and when we approached her she stated are you here to pick up an order? We said no and then she said well who sent you over here? I said the guy that greeted us in the front. Already- I am annoyed, cause 1. WHY are you annoyed? 2. The whole time we were talking, she was slouched over ( in a lazy way), she was not making any eye contact with us at all! I was the one that was purchasing the MacBook Neo, but she would ask questions or talked to my fiancé instead, like she did not even acknowledge that I was there. He also stated to her that I was the one that is buying it and to redirect her questions to me. 2 more people arrived at the table for pick up but she seemed annoyed. Her mannerisms and attitude was very below average. She spoke very low and I had to lean into her to and ask her to repeat herself which just made her more annoyed. The other gentleman that had arrived maybe 20 minutes after us later then asked if she can get another person to the table to assist them and that is when she went over and grabbed " Jake" to come and assist. Jake was pleasant and kind and was able to answer all of our questions and gave us reassurance and was able to assist us with placing an order for a Mac mini. If it wasn't for Jake, I would have said F this and drove to another location that is out of my way. The team member that was at that table I later found out by her name tag was " Ivy". There was no introduction no nothing just " Who sent you here". Like TF? She was also wearing a mask which okay cool but with her speaking low it made it difficult to hear and understand her while slouched over the table the whole damn time! very not approachable! Honestly, we came here to purchase some items from Apple, and yet members of this team made it so difficult to communicate and buy, like it was a burden that we are in there spending hundreds of dollars. I am so surprised that this location is nice, so you expect that the customer service was also going to be nice as well but ended up being trashy attitudes when it comes to purchasing an item. Out of the 3 people from that location, 1 was nice, attentive and actually showed that he cared about the items we were buying. So Jake, thank you so much for that day, but after that I think I rather go to another Apple Store-for sure if you come here you will leave frustrated. -2/10

Pick up for item ordered online went as expected. Good signage for where to go to pick up my…read moreorder. However, I was surprised there was no greeting or someone trying to help given the immense amount of people in red shirts that work there who were just milling around. Even the pickup person didn't seem excited to be there and was very blah with his questions of what was needed from me to pick up my item.