Could it be that everything I ever purchased at Radio Shack broke after 3 or 4 days of use.
I always liked having to give them my name, address, and phone number to buy a battery.
"Could it be that everything I ever purchased at Radio Shack broke after 3 or 4 days of use."
YOU ARE SO RIGHT!
If a manufacturer makes a component and it doesn't meet their specs they won't put their name on it --- they sell it nameless to radio shack.
Could it be that everything I ever purchased at Radio Shack broke after 3 or 4 days of use.>>>>>>>>>
I bought an answering machine there years ago, it was junk, it would have been better if it didn't work at all but it had INTERMITTENT failures, when I took it in to try to get something done it would work and the idiot clerk would treat me as if I was too dumb to know how to use it even though I ran my own electromechanical maintenance business and I am an ex-Navy electronics technician. Finally I took it back to the mall and waited until the store was full of people and I took the useless thing back and laid it on the counter. I announced in a very loud voice, "here, this piece of junk is the reason I will never shop here again, you can keep it". Every single customer turned and looked at me but nobody said a word. I then described my experience in detail so that everyone in the store heard me clearly and then I turned and slowly walked out. I never heard a peep from anybody.
I still have RS scanners and accessories over 20 years old that work perfectly. I'm sure you're right about the newer stuff, though.
It's getting so you just about have to go to eBay for many specialty electronic things. No local stores carry them anymore. I don't really mind, as my experiences with hundreds of eBay purchases have been very good, but it changes the consumer dynamic. Lately, a flood of electronic products are being offered directly from Hong Kong at ridiculously low prices. For example, I got a stereo headset with noise-reducing mic for $1.98, compared to $30+ at RS or BestBuy. No, I don't expect it to be working in 20 years, but it works for now.
“We got something close to what you want... but it won't work“