Too many things one needs are no longer available when you go to Radio Shack to find them. . . and too many things one doesn’t need are for sale when one goes to Radio Shack when one is in their store looking for what one needs. This is their failing. . . and the reason they are going under.
I went looking for a lighted SPST 125V 10A or greater switch the other day and even though they carry them the guy they had behind the counter had no idea what I was talking about. He was more interested in selling me the batteries they had on sale that were higher priced than what I could buy next door in the grocery store. . . or pointing out the displays of out-dated iPhone 4s and 5 cellphone cases. . . or the un-sold remote controlled helicopters and army tanks from Christmas marked down 25% in stacks on the show-room floor. What I did not find were much in the way of electronic parts.
Agreed. And you can add electronics related tools and supplies. The last thing I bought there was a DTV receiver with one of those gov’t coupons for the transition, and even then, the thing was not even their own brand. Before that, yeah, I think I purchased a switch I needed in a hurry, and had a hard time finding the thing. In the “old days” I’d have walked right up to it.
Radio Shack (and a host of others) also did NOTHING to help keep the hobby alive. Those who did so, primarily on the Internet, have found all sorts of niches.