Radio Shack

[Ian S. King]

Plonk.

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Charles <charles at uniwho.com> wrote:

> Well never argue with a know-it-all…
> is my point.
>
> The next fact is, Radio Shack is dead.
> So Automatically makes my issue with them valid.
> They mostly a waste of time.
>
> just like an engineer that can’t even get a mouser order correct.
> Maybe to many trips to the PUB… who knows…
>
> I guess your glass is half full.. and you are double fisting it. :)
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 5, 2015, at 4:49 PM, Ian S. King <isking at uw.edu> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Charles <charles at uniwho.com> wrote:
> >
> >> well going along with what you are saying about the ability to buy a
> 10uf
> >> cap
> >> then on for drinks at the pub….
> >>
> >> Why not sell packs of 10, or HELL even packs of 5?
> >> Why not buy all the caps for your PSU at radio shack… your point is MOOT
> >> because you were going to the PUB anyways,  Lush.  :-)
> >>
> >> And YOUR point - if any - is elusive.
> >
> >
> >> On Feb 5, 2015, at 3:57 PM, Ian S. King <isking at uw.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Charles <charles at uniwho.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> yeah the 80’s kept their radio shack….
> >>>>
> >>>> 90’s kept their radio shack…
> >>>>
> >>>> anything after that … is like "Cell Phone Accessory Express”
> >>>> if you are lucky they might have A switch or A capacitor….  And MAYBE
> it
> >>>> MIGHT be the value you actually need… but how many people re-cap their
> >>>> power supply with ONE cap?
> >>>>
> >>>> how many people need just one cap?
> >>>>
> >>>> thinking about this is making me angry….   I am glad radio shack is
> >> gone…
> >>>> rest in hell!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> If I'm (to use your example) recapping a power supply, I don't mind
> >> making
> >>> an order with Mouser.  But when I need a 10uF electrolytic (happened
> >>> recently) I can drive for five minutes, drop a buck or so, stop for a
> >> pint
> >>> at the pub next door :-) and go fix stuff.  They even had a 7805 I
> needed
> >>> for a project - less than $2, as I recall.  Mouser would charge me more
> >> in
> >>> postage.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS
> >>> Ph.D. Candidate
> >>> The Information School
> >>> University of Washington
> >>>
> >>> An optimist sees a glass half full. A pessimist sees it half empty. An
> >>> engineer sees it twice as large as it needs to be.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS
> > Ph.D. Candidate
> > The Information School
> > University of Washington
> >
> > An optimist sees a glass half full. A pessimist sees it half empty. An
> > engineer sees it twice as large as it needs to be.
>
>


-- 
Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS
Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School
University of Washington

An optimist sees a glass half full. A pessimist sees it half empty. An
engineer sees it twice as large as it needs to be.