7 Feb
2015
7 Feb
'15
11:45 a.m.
On 02/05/2015 04:33 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Thu, 5 Feb 2015, Ali wrote:
I just visited my local one (I wasn't even sure if it was still there) and
was actually quite surprised with how many components they had - not
significant by any means of course, but still far more than I remember
there being in the last store I went into (which was of similar size, but
well over a decade ago now).
They didn't have a 7809 regulator, which is what I actually went there for
on the offchance they had one, but there were enough
probably-useful-at-some-future-date bits and pieces that I'll go back in a
few weeks to see if it's worth loading up on stuff. The guy behind the
counter said 6-8 weeks before they close the doors for good - although
component prices might not be dropped much below the 25% off that they're
currently at (I should have asked where the unsold stock was going).
cheers
Jules
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...
No, they would have had to take it back to the 1960s and 1970s.
By the 1980s, Radio Shack was already committed to changing from hobbyist
supplies to crappy consumer electronics.