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A looming farewell--though not good riddance--to RadioShack
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2014 Dec 2, 12:10am 17,036 views 55 comments
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komputodo
2015 Jan 16, 8:00am
If you ever needed a 4.9k resistor..they were always there..
as long as you gave them your name and address
MAGA
2015 Feb 3, 6:27am
I heard that Amazon.com might be buying some of the stores after RS declares bankruptcy.
zzyzzx
2015 Feb 3, 7:54am
So if Sprint buys half the stores, does that mean we should short Sprint?
indigenous
2015 Feb 3, 4:22pm
I hope so, they made some good candy...
No they are talking about Heath Kit, so I'm thinking it is some sort of a cross between a Heath Bar and a Kit Kat.
MAGA
2015 Feb 3, 5:02pm
No they are talking about Heath Kit, so I'm thinking it is some sort of a cross between a Heath Bar and a Kit Kat.
Let's not forget Lollipop. 5.0.2 runs nicely on my Nexus 7.
:-)
MAGA
2015 Feb 3, 5:26pm
The kid at my local Radio Shack is looking for a new job. He see's the handwriting on the wall.
Fix it here! He tells me they have had almost no customers for this service.
Done
2015 Feb 5, 10:41am
A little risk capitol.... (truest form, all in) @.06-.05 might be a fun card to lay down.
Question would it be better for a company to buy it up
prior to bankruptcy or aft. My 1st thought is buy it up and sell off
the top load where needed, otherwise they have to compete for
the locations they wanted.
I agree with the demographic angle. For the generation that grew up in the 50's-60's, electronics was cutting edge stuff! Now there is hi-tech stuff everywhere, it's mass produced, the normal nature of things.
I remember radios and and other devices that had "solid state" posted on them...instant on! wow!
Imagine a smart phone in kit form? Now it's a 'throw away" device almost.
The market is saturated these days with technology gadgets, others with likely follow Radio Shack.
curious2
2015 Feb 5, 6:29pm
I was just about to post the same, RS filed BK. I see it as a sad story of mismanagement. People are spending more money than ever on handheld radios (mobile phones), Raspberry Pi kits include WiFi, Maker Faires are thriving, but Radio Shack mismanagement ran the company into the ground. Even where they had profitable leases they could sell, they failed to do that, e.g. when Trader Joe's wanted to add a location in San Francisco. To update an old adage, losing money one year while the industry is booming may be regarded as misfortune, losing two years begins to look like carelessness, and losing three years in a row seems like sabotage.
FortWayne
2015 Feb 5, 6:34pm
It is sad to see it go.
It's a great place for really uncommon things. If I ever need a transistor or a capacitor, or just a simple string it's nice.
Strategist
2015 Feb 5, 7:29pm
It is sad to see it go.
It's a great place for really uncommon things. If I ever need a transistor or a capacitor, or just a simple string it's nice.
Ebay.com
Anything and everything you wanted but could not find.
Strategist
2015 Feb 5, 7:34pm
(odds ?)
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I would bet on that. Zero chance.
They could go online only. They do have a name and could be successful at that, but I think they will go the way of Kodak.
indigenous
2015 Feb 5, 8:59pm
it just boils down to what purpose did they fill in the market place. That purpose is gone.
if you made buggy whips and buggies no long existed, I don't care what management scheme you pull out of your ass it tain't gunna work.
Y
2015 Feb 5, 9:43pm
that approach has worked in other industries...
They maybe able to reorganize and stay in bus.
zzyzzx
2015 Feb 9, 11:16am
If I ever need a transistor or a capacitor
Seriously, when was the last time you bought either one of those???
Last time I needed anything like that, it was for a furnace. I think it was because we had an exceptionally windy day with a weird wind gust, or something like that, but I needed on of those furnace temperature sensing things that opens up your control circuit if it get too hot in the wiring area.
And my local electronics retailer had it, but I doubt that Radio Shack would have.
FortWayne
2015 Feb 9, 12:57pm
Seriously, when was the last time you bought either one of those???
Last time I needed anything like that, it was for a furnace. I think it was because we had an exceptionally windy day with a weird wind gust, or something like that, but I needed on of those furnace temperature sensing things that opens up your control circuit if it get too hot in the wiring area.
I don't need these all the time, but when I do it makes a difference. I never spent a lot of money at that place, maybe its why they are closing down.
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RIP Radio Shack. I remember as a kid buying parts and wire for my Ham Radio hobby from you.