"Dave VanHorn" wrote in message
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Someone should compile all the current and various anecdotes as told by
the Rad Shack men (sigh),,was a time they had answers, indeed.

Yeah.. They aren't all like that, but they get painted with a broad
brush.
Our local RS manager is an extra, and pretty competent.

The RS manager that used to be here, was pretty slick. He knew his inventory
well. He may not have been the greatest in Electronics knowledge but he
learned as he went along. He did ok in the long run. What he didn't do, was
swear to something working if he wasn't sure. Some of his truthfulness
probably cost him his job as they ended up screwing him big time. He told
me, he'd rather not sell an item than to have them have to return it, maybe
even angry! Made sense to me. Hopefully, he is in a much better surrounding
now. Actually, he was the 2nd of 2 that were at this store. The other left
on his own. He got tired of the bull ****. I've seen salesmen and managers
alike sell things they had no clue of, to customers. The only time they
bother me, is to offer me special prices on closeouts if they know I use the
items. Otherwise, they know me well enough to know that I don't need their
help. Hell, I've helped them far more than they have me! Of all the ones
I've run into in 4 different stores in a 40 mile radius, 10% had any clue as
to what they were doing. The rest winged it. Yeah, R.S. lost 2 of the best
managers they will ever have had employed. Their loss. Some one else is
gaining from them now. G.W.