Posted on 02/04/2014 2:41:04 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Exactly! I liked the commercial. Not many of the others....
RadioShack used to be a good place for DIY electronics. Not as much anymore.
But I did just buy an old-fashioned tape recorder for my son there. Can’t believe they still exist.
And it might not...It might be something painfully simple to spot, with no test equipment at all.
we barely do software any more. go into your local bookstore. software books use to be 3 or 4 isles. down to 1 in most book stores.
as for hardware, prototyping supplies are simply gone from retail. the last great store I saw that had loads of supplies was fryes in CA.
That recovery is going so awesome, isn’t it??
All we will be able to afford in this country is rice and beans soon. And we will still be told we are in recovery.
That recovery is going so awesome, isn’t it??
All we will be able to afford in this country is rice and beans soon. And we will still be told we are in recovery.
That recovery is going so awesome, isn’t it??
All we will be able to afford in this country is rice and beans soon. And we will still be told we are in recovery.
That recovery is going so awesome, isn’t it??
All we will be able to afford in this country is rice and beans soon. And we will still be told we are in recovery.
When the markets start to puke up the fake money and entitlements fade, we’ll see what our country really looks like.
That recovery is going so awesome, isn’t it??
All we will be able to afford in this country is rice and beans soon. And we will still be told we are in recovery.
That recovery is going so awesome, isn’t it??
All we will be able to afford in this country is rice and beans soon. And we will still be told we are in recovery.
That recovery is going so awesome, isn’t it??
All we will be able to afford in this country is rice and beans soon. And we will still be told we are in recovery.
I do the BGA rework stuff and have a fridge full of solder paste.
Radio Shack is pretty much useless nowadays.
I buy lots of stuff from http://www.taydaelectronics.com
They are in Thailand but they ship fast and reasonable and as for prices... knobs for .22 - 1n4007 .02 - PN2222 .05 condenser mics .25 - ceramic disc caps .01 - trimpots .06 - 8pin DIP sockets .03 - DC power jacks .13
You can get 10 small 2-sided pc boards for just 9.90 at http://imall.iteadstudio.com/open-pcb/pcb-prototyping.html
its a rolling recovery....however ....where its rolling at the moment... no one seems to know!
You can say that again.
That's it in a nutshell, isn't it.
The grocery store, the gas station, and the smoke shop [on the reservation] are the only brick-and-mortar stores I go to. Oh, once in a blue moon, I may drive 15 miles to the nearest WalMart for something because it's raining and I'm bored, but that's about it.
We're seeing a truly revolutionary change in retailing take place before our very eyes.
It was due to a lack of men interested in or capable of paying for electronics parts for projects long ago. Then Radio Shack started using politically correct advertising and selling more finished electronics items in an effort to sell more to women. Meanwhile, smaller parts with different mounting technologies were used to make smaller appliances/gadgets.
You know, I actually thought of going to Radio Shack today. I wanted to buy a joystick controller for Flight Simulator.
But when I thought of going through the hassle of declining go give my name and address to the salesperson, I decided to go to Best Buy instead.
Got it for $28.
I really don’t see much reason for Radio Shack to exist anymore as brick-and-mortar locations.
Having said that, I am in the process of digitizing my old cassette tape collection, most of which were recorded in the 70’s and are thus at or near 40 years old. The tapes that have held up the best over the years? Radio Shack Supertapes.
I’m an old fart and I still wire-wrap 1960-70’s designs so that they can be period authentic, but I did design and build one single surface mount project (it needed to be small) just to prove to myself that I could do it!
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