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Radio Shack sales tumble 20 pct; to close up to 1,100 stores
Reuters ^ | March 4, 2014 | Dhanya Skariachan

Posted on 03/04/2014 6:37:03 AM PST by John W

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To: P-Marlowe; All
I get my stuff here:

Jameco Electronics

and here:

Mouser Electronics

41 posted on 03/04/2014 8:32:32 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: John W

RadioShack is going the way Heath Kit did because most people are to stupid to build anything electronic they rather play with a cell phone.


42 posted on 03/04/2014 8:42:39 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: ADemocratNoMore; advertising guy; aft_lizard; AJMaXx; Alice in Wonderland; american colleen; ...

Pinging the list, (as a FYI).


43 posted on 03/04/2014 9:33:18 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave (The democRATic party preys on the ignorant..!)
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To: Jeff Chandler; pa_dweller

If you’re interested in Arduino, you might look into Raspberry Pi as well. A buddy uses them together, Arduino for controls, the Pi for UI.


44 posted on 03/04/2014 9:47:29 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

I learned two decades ago about their parts. If I wanted a reliable part I went to Allied or Newark. If I wanted a factory second with a defect (the factory didn’t want to put their name on), go to Radio Shack.


45 posted on 03/04/2014 10:39:50 AM PST by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: FreedomPoster

Watch out on the Raspberry pi. Got a few and they all have nothing but usb port issues.


46 posted on 03/04/2014 10:41:53 AM PST by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: RightGeek

I haven’t been in a Radio Shack in at least 8 years. The employees at that time were useless and it was easier to get what I needed (not a cell phone contract) online.

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Way back in the day (I worked at the shack in the early 80s) you might have found someone who knew their way around electronics, but not much. They wanted salespeople skilled at addon sales. Where the money is.

We had stock answers to the 2 most asked questions:

Does the xyz component work with this abc doohickey?

YES.

How does this xyz component work?

It’s FM.

The second letter stands for magic. Use your imagination for what the first letter is a placeholder for.

And this was back in the most early 80s.


47 posted on 03/04/2014 12:07:35 PM PST by dmz
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To: Vaquero

They do have parts but yes it is more cellphone and tv and other gadgets now then when I use to go back in the 70’s....
http://www.radioshack.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=2032230


48 posted on 03/04/2014 12:18:45 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: FreedomPoster
If you’re interested in Arduino, you might look into Raspberry Pi as well. A buddy uses them together, Arduino for controls, the Pi for UI.

It sounds like fun, but I am awash in devices. I have:

W8 laptop
W7 laptop
Mint laptop
W7 desktop
Android phone
Android tablet
2 XP desktops just removed from service

49 posted on 03/04/2014 12:22:43 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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To: P-Marlowe
If Radio Shack had any vision at all, there would never have been a need for a Frys'

Exactly. They thought selling consumer electronics was going to be easy. Remember their computers? Not so much.

50 posted on 03/04/2014 1:52:08 PM PST by ecomcon
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To: John W

We have a wonderful local Radio Shack that also sells old reconditioned stereo equipment and records. Love them


51 posted on 03/04/2014 2:49:40 PM PST by Chickensoup (leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Fry’s? Take away CA and TX and they have only 7 stores in the whole country. The nearest to me is probably 200 miles away.


52 posted on 03/04/2014 3:25:45 PM PST by Right Wing Assault
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To: John W
hrc.org doesn't seem to like them either.
53 posted on 03/04/2014 4:46:35 PM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: Las Vegas Dave

The stock price tumble is to be expected — closing 1,100 stores will cut costs, presumably by shedding stores that aren’t making money. If that stops the bleeding, RS might make a rebound.


54 posted on 03/04/2014 6:09:50 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: John W

I’ll give you Radio Slack’s problem in a one-liner: $17.00 for a USB charger cable when I can get one at the gas station for $8.00 or $3.00 on Amazon.


55 posted on 03/05/2014 10:21:58 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Red_Devil 232

>> RS screwed themselves when they switched from being an electronics store to another average cellphone centered store.

Exactly. But its days were still numbered.


56 posted on 03/05/2014 10:28:24 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: raygunfan

Yup. They thought they could fill the gap that Circuit City and a few other electronics retailers left when they crashed. There wasn’t any gap to fill there.

Radio Shack has always been the place to go when you need something low-end to get you through your last year of college or you’re on a business trip, left your good widget at home, and need something to get you through the week. They had a market niche nobody else wanted. When they abandoned that business model, the result is obvious.


57 posted on 03/05/2014 10:29:06 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: varmintman

That’s right! They had that market niche nailed for the last 50 years and should’ve stuck with it. Nobody else wanted it. They tried to run with the big boys and wound up under their wheels on the freeway.


58 posted on 03/05/2014 10:34:02 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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