Radio Shack (Was: STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS)

Lately all I've seen are people at near-minimum wages, most just out of high school replacing the "old timers" that used to work the stores. They're dropping most of their components anyway so all they need to know is how to sell consumer electronics by passing out a flyer that comes as sales literature with the goods. I asked one clerk locally about X10 and he was lost, never heard of it at all (how old is X10 Powerhouse now?). I know more about the layout of their floor and wall racks than they do and they're delaing with them daily, I might go into an RS store once every 2 months for a minor project item, anymore I just keep a wish list and when I have to order from MCM, Mouser, Digikey, etc I just add that to the order and avoid RS altogether. I even have a RS commercial account and nothing in it is worth it. => -----Original Message----- => From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org => [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Owen Robertson => Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:07 AM => To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org => Subject: Re: Radio Shack (Was: STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS) => => => I can remember when Radio Shack had good employees. They sent out a great => woman who helped my parents use their first computer. They had bought it, => opened it, and set it up, but didn't turn it on for a year. It was just => about two years ago that I was talking to an employee farmiliar with => diode-transistor logic. He was replaced with the typical idiot. You would => think the employees less than 10 miles from their corporate headquarters => could be good. => => Owen => => on 2/14/02 11:16 PM, John Chris Wren at jcwren(a)jcwren.com wrote: => => > Radio Shack: "You've got questions, we've got blank stares." => > => > 1. You learn that the Radio Shack slogan, "you've got => questions, we've got => > answers"' is true. They have answers alright, it just may not => be the right => > ones! => > 2. The people that work there think you are trying to contact => someone from => > Mars or outer space, with all the cables, adapters, => connectors, etc., that => > you buy there every week. => > 3. You think of opening your own store, because with a name like Radio => > Shack, they ought to sell lots and lots of amateur radio equipment. => > 4. You know your way around the store better than the => employees that work => > there. => > 5. You spend so much time and money driving there, you think => of buying one => > of everything. => > 6. The people who work there think you own one heck of a radio => station, (in => > a way it might be a little truth to that), or you're trying to => build a bomb. => > 7. You realize you know more about electronics and computers => than they do. => > 8. You spend more money in a week at Radio Shack than you do on food. => > 9. You know everyone who works there by their first name. => > 10. You have your own private parking spot there. => > 11. When they call you for a stocking item because they are out. => > => > --John => =>