Radio Shack is waaaaaaaaay overpriced. The price premium used to at least have some value, because they employed intelligent salesmen who were knowledgeable about the products.
More and more, however, they're employing the same morons that every other retail outlet employs.
Seems even Wal mart, with all its warts, often has folks who are more knowledgeable.
Amen. Corporate management is CONVINCED that they can draw and keep customers by having retail help hound the living daylights out of you to buy a cell phone, sign up for a drawing, enroll in an ISP, whatever. The poor staff know it's an intrusion and 99.9% of the people say NO (and don't return after being pressured) so what's the point? Marketing types have to understand that a captive audience is not always an opportunity to flog snake oil (ask the cinema owners!). There are too many alternatives (online, etc.) and the word-of-mouth that accompanies these schemes takes away more business than it generates.