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re: Radio Shack files for Chapter 11. Closing up to 1/4 of Stores
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:14 pm to Brosef Stalin
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:14 pm to Brosef Stalin
TRS Color computer 2. My first computer. TRS80 back in the day they had some good things.
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Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:15 pm to anc
LINK
Still one of my favorite Onion articles
quote:
FORT WORTH, TX—Despite having been on the job for nine months, RadioShack CEO Julian Day said Monday that he still has "no idea" how the home electronics store manages to stay open.
"There must be some sort of business model that enables this company to make money, but I'll be damned if I know what it is," Day said. "You wouldn't think that people still buy enough strobe lights and extension cords to support an entire nationwide chain, but I guess they must, or I wouldn't have this desk to sit behind all day."
Still one of my favorite Onion articles
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:20 pm to Brosef Stalin
I think there is a market for a store like Radio Shack, but they need to update themselves. A store that specializes in electronic gadgets, computer and phone accessories, electronic games and toys, cameras, computers, rare batteries, parts for repairs, hi-tech gear, etc. They need to expand their inventory and scope to stay relevent, with improved customer service and stepped up internet sales support.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:22 pm to DrSteveBrule
They were a really fun store back in the day.
I bought Trout Mask Replica at a Radio Shack.
I bought Trout Mask Replica at a Radio Shack.
This post was edited on 2/11/15 at 5:53 pm
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:24 pm to anc
They employee did not inspire confidence Though I did have one of their employees recommend a tv antenna that works great. Of course I tried four different ones atbest buy first that all sucked.
I guess the market for making a radio out of a potato isn't what it used to be.
I guess the market for making a radio out of a potato isn't what it used to be.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:26 pm to anc
I swear to you that the last time I went to a Radio Shack to buy anything was in 2005 after Katrina - needed an antenna for my tv so I could watch the LSU and Saints games at the beginning of September.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:27 pm to Pettifogger
I did my last 3 iPhone upgrades from RS. It was the best keept secret on the iPhone release days.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:32 pm to Modern
Growing up it was one of those stores in the mall I would kill time in when my mom and sister were shopping. I don't think I've ever bought anything there.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 6:33 pm to Modern
Another store like them that I can't believe exists is Batteries Plus. A full chain store for batteries.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 7:01 pm to anc
SB Nation did A EULOGY FOR RADIO SHACK written by one of their correspondents that worked there for a while.
A lot of his experience reminds me a lot of working at Blockbuster in 2005-2007 during college - shitty management that had no idea how to sell, upper management out of touch with what actually goes on at the store level, and getting completely left in the dust by Netflix and Redbox.
A lot of his experience reminds me a lot of working at Blockbuster in 2005-2007 during college - shitty management that had no idea how to sell, upper management out of touch with what actually goes on at the store level, and getting completely left in the dust by Netflix and Redbox.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 7:15 pm to Horsemeat
Been in da shack a few times the last year or so. I bought a couple random things with their warranty I knew I would break. I'm on my fourth round of returns. Started with a radar detector--returned for a bluetooth speaker---returned for some iphone cords---returned for new iphone cords.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 7:17 pm to jfturner212
My favorite RS experience was going there and buying a bunch of switches and relays, batteries, etc to make a "Shock Box" for phsyics class.
Was awesome.
Was awesome.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 7:19 pm to jfturner212
I dabble in electronics as a hobby and if I need a part that I don't have laying around and don't want t wait on the mail I make a run to Radio Shack. Happens fairly often. I'll be sad to see them go.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 7:23 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Radio shack screwed up when they stopped hiring knowledgable sales persons. Radio shack sales people used to be able to tell you how to build things, and could diagnose problems and sell you the appropriate parts to fix said problem. Then those folks all were let go/ retired when they reimaged the chain back in the early 00s. I've been frustrated every time I've gone in one in the last 10 years
Posted on 2/5/15 at 7:39 pm to anc
I would only go in Radio Shack to look at RC cars.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 7:41 pm to anc
The one in Starkville ms should make it. I had to spend $100-150 on supples most semesters for my EE degree.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 8:08 pm to anc
quote:
Another store like them that I can't believe exists is Batteries Plus. A full chain store for batteries.
Batteries that are hard to find anywhere else. And they also service commercial accounts. They do alright.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 8:16 pm to Modern
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When's the clearance blowout sale
When the bankruptcy lawyers say it will.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 8:19 pm to anc
About time
Posted on 2/5/15 at 8:20 pm to anc
When the iphone 6 came out you couldn't find them at Best Buy or the AT&T store around here. Radio Shack had like a dozen and my wife and I got ours the day it came out - no deposit, no nothing. And literally no one was in the store when we got them.
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