5 Feb
2015
5 Feb
'15
12:37 p.m.
I'll miss them - they are still convenient when I need a fuse, bulb or lots
of other small passive components. Sure, there's Mouser, but $8 in
shipping when all I need is a couple of fuses is ridiculous. Don't even
mention $$$Digi-Key$$$.
And I agree, they could have ridden the new maker wave.
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Ali <cctalk at fahimi.net> wrote:
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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.
So ..... Radio
Shack is (more or less) finally dead.
RadioShack had it essentially right in the 2014 Super Bowl commercial -
the 80s called and they did want their store back. What they screwed up was
thinking that meant the old store had to go and be replaced with the
current monstrosity.
RadioShack should have brought back the store of the 1980s and updated it
items like cheap cables, Raspberry Pi kits, etc. I.E. hobbyist and do it
yourself stuff. Yes, they still would have to close a number of locations
(do you really need a ratshack on every corner?) but what would have been
left behind would have thrived...