It didn't quite work out that way in my house.
Anyway, top ad is Radio Shack's TRS-80 and bottom ad is the Apple II.
Posted on 02/02/2015 5:14:28 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
hobbyists would be making things like Raspberry Pi’s instead of buying them online.
Agree on all counts. It’s a little sad to see a fixture of my childhood and adult life turn to dust. It was once the go-to store for electronic parts and such. Bygone era
well circuit city (rhymes with city anyway) became hhgregg.
1/2 of crap shack’s stores will become sprints and the other half will probably add cheap jewelry, press-on nails and check cashing to go totally black.
maybe if sears or penneys implode when best buy does we’ll get some amalgam from all of that - buy sears for a penney, jc sears buy, J S B Emporium Magorium, ....
Americans don’t know how to make things anymore.
There probably is still a market, it was just smaller. They should have specialized and had one store per city than to be like everybody else and be in every mall.
I love their 150 in 1 electronics kit. I remember all those when I was a kid. It is a shame they are just a mere shell of what they used to be.
Has to be it. How many of our yutes even know what a soldering iron is, or a resistor, capacitor, tube, breadboard, etc.
Wouldn’t hurt to stock up on a few resistors for when the SHTF! :-)
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Sounds like a personal problem.
I sat in their Magnolia room theater chair for several hours checking out a TV before purchasing it. Hooked up DVD and played with the setup.
They matched the internet. I had to pay tax but they gave free delivery AND free setup plus free professional tuning and I got 5% back on my BB credit card.
It didn't quite work out that way in my house.
Anyway, top ad is Radio Shack's TRS-80 and bottom ad is the Apple II.
Sad. Many years ago my Grandfather gave me a Radio Shack Shortwave Radio Kit for Christmas, and it led to a love of shortwave radio for me. So Radio Shack brings back those memories for me. Also now remembering the look on my mother’s face when she walked into the kitchen to find that shortwave radio kit attached with wire that was wrapped all around the kitchen sink faucet for an antenna lol. Ah, memories.
Ah, yes- with those little springs to attach wires instead of soldering, it was great! :)
The last time I was in Best Buy (not very recently -- but we'll get to that), I knew what they were like when I went in. I wanted a TV. I knew what I wanted. It wasn't top-of-the-line, but it was just a bit under $1000, and not an insignificant purchase. I walked in, found it, and a guy came over. I said, " I want this TV, Can I just pay for it and carry it out?" He said I could.
Then we began a long, slow process as he tried to sell me this and that. Do I need a stand? Do I need cables? Do I need a warranty?
I said, "Stop. I'm buying this TV. I'm not buying anything else today. You're making the fastest and easiest $1000 you will make all day. Just ring up the sale, and let me walk out with this. If you try to sell me one more thing, I will walk out of here without the TV."
He said: "Fine. I understand. I'll just ring you up. But, are you sure you don't need cables?"
I turned on my heel, walked to Customer Service and told them how they just lost $1000.
Haven't been back since. They are pushy, obnoxious know-nothings.
Radio Shack?
All I think of “Can I please have your phone number?” Paying cash, no matter. The clerk just says it louder: “CAN I PLEASE HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER?”
I still have my kit too, might pull it out and play with it if I have the time. I’s love to have their crystal radio kit, I always wanted to make a crystal radio and put on the longest wire I can find and see how many stations I get at night.
Not me. Best Buy is my goto brick and mortar store.
“Haven’t been back since. They are pushy, obnoxious know-nothings.”
I have spent hours looking at TVs and never been ‘pushed’.
When I bought mine they were very helpful and asked if I needed certain items but never were pushy. They helped me set up a BluRay DVD on the set and we worked with the tuning setpoints.
The set was delivered with white glove service. They made all the connections and made sure everything was working before they left.
Radio Shack! You have questions and we have blank stares.
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