Posted on 01/16/2009 8:02:28 AM PST by re_tail20
Just a few years ago, they were highlighted as one of the “Good to Great” companies in the book of the same name.
Amazing how the “experts” are almost always wrong.
I remember when most grocery stores had vacuum tube testers.
Another oldie but goodie. You need a new computer? Then go to Crazy Eddie....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivhRPiQueaE&feature=related
Didn’t B.O.A. loan them 1.1 Billion earlier this month?
The Wiz was not a national store, but was in the metro-NY area.
I didn't think there were any Office Depot's left. Ours went out of the Rome/Utica, NY area at least 4 years ago.
Another oldie but goodie. You need a new computer? Then go to Crazy Eddie....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivhRPiQueaE&feature=related
Didn't CompUSA go under too? The stores in Albany and Syracuse, NY closed over a year ago.
Yep, they sure did.
I think a couple in Tampa are still open. Haven’t been there in a while so it may be closed.
I remember that too. I also remember when large department stores had tube systems to send paperwork to various places in the store. If you wanted to purchase something on credit, the clerk would shove all the paperwork into a brass container, stick it in the tube, and it would be sent via air vacuum to the credit department. You'd have to wait for the paperwork to return for the sale to be completed. I think that's how they used to get change made too. I guess I'm aging myself.
That's usually when I stop in there: when I need something fast and I think they may have it. The last time I needed something was when the power connector for my laptop broke and I *really* needed to use it that night. They had the connector but I would have bought it online somewhere for cheaper if I had the time.
The internet is going to do them all in.
I love shopping for electronics at home. I can sit in the warm comfort of my den and compare deals and item specs with the click of a mouse. No sitting in traffic, no having to search for what you're looking for, no putting up with nonexistent sales associates when you need one or annoying blabbermouths who won't stop talking when you don't need one and no queuing for 10 minutes to check out at the one open register.
Times change.
I'm 47 and I remember as a kid the little mom and pop grocery store down the road having a vacuum tube tester.
Eye dont no, but I dowt it.
I’m 52 and we had radios and TVs that needed to have the tubes tested.
I bought two Sharp scientific calculators back in 1982 when I was in college. The Prof cautioned everyone to be sure to have two, because if one died during a timed trig exam you would be SOL.
I used both of them daily in my work and at home for 26 years before either one needed a battery!
I had to replace the battery in one of them a few months ago. I changed both batteries and should be good to go for another 25 years. I think I paid about $15 ea at the time.
Not all Sharp products are a bad deal.
Eaux que.
Newegg flat rocks.
Love them.
Overstock.com and buy.com also have good deals sometimes.
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