Radio Shack

[Ian S. King]

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.