15 Dec
2008
15 Dec
'08
6:47 p.m.
Jules Richardson wrote:
Dave McGuire wrote:
You will probably find the best selection of
components at Radio Shacks
in strip malls.
Cheers,
Bryan
To be fair...Radio Shack did indeed descend
into the murky depths
of being an overcommercialized cell phone and cheap stereo equipment
pusher, but just recently, over the past two years or so, they've
started to come back.
In that time, the electronic parts inventories of my two local RS
stores has more than doubled. They've inked some sort of an
agreement with Parallax, Inc. and are now selling their stuff,
including Basic Stamps and various sensors and robotics goodies. Not
all stores stock all of this stuff, but I've seen bits and pieces of
it at several of them.
Hmm, I went into the local one a little while back looking for
something or other...
1) Anything remotely interesting is stashed behind acres of gimmicky
plastic crap electrical goods,
2) There seemed to be a huge markup for 'convenience',
3) Fifteen sales assistants tried to pounce on me the moment I entered
the store,
4) The shop was in a mall, and basically a box with one side missing -
the noise level made it utterly impossible to have any kind of
conversation without shouting.