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November 29th 03, 06:55 AM

In article ,
says...

Recent visits to my local Radio Shack for even the most simple
components has left me disappointed. Recently I had the need for 5
10uf electrolytics at any voltage really, and could not find them at 3
local stores.

There used to be a selection of 25 or so IC's that were widely used
and popular...no more tho.

Even a simple LM386 could not be found around here.

Also, the parts are now being jammed into these ugly parts bins as if
to hide them from view.

Is this the same situation where you live?

One manager mentioned that components are no longer a real concern of
management and that he is under the impression that "parts" are on the
way out soon.

Wouldn't that just be the way...the old local electronics places are
out of business, and the Shack eliminates their parts. They sure do
have answers, don't they?

de WA2AFD

You are very correct is saying they are hanging up the parts business.
Radio Crap is an investor owned company, and they want to sell big profit
margin items, and more expensive items. How many resistors must they sell
to equal the money made on one very overpriced printer cartridge?

It has always been common knowledge that Radio**** NEVER wanted technically
knowledgable persons as employees!! They wanted SALESPERSONS employed as
salespersons. Technical persons would slow down sales by dedicating way to
much time to somebody trying to find a good replacement for a 2N404 used in
a 'radio experimenter' magazine 'build your own metronome' article from 1954.

I saw a guy with a 470mfd @ 16vdc cap required, and he asked the crappyshack
bozo if the rodeolack 470mfd @ 25vdc replacement part would work. Mister RS
Suit-n-Tie said "Oh no, it has far to much voltage, and would blow your circuit
up". If I told you I wanted to cause Mr.RS bodily harm for being so stupid
in his field, would you have helped me?

Radio Shack, a collection of techno-lackies, who all own 2.4ghz computers
in their homes, and would not know a 12AX7 from a Dean's Peacocks condom.

Sadly, I have resorted to buying up everything I think I may ever want or
need for the next 15 years of my experimenter life at local hamfests. Not
only are experimenter parts that are big enough to see becoming harder to find,
but people who know what to do with the parts are about as rare as monkeypox.

Now I will go back to my cave, and remember all the cool things I showed
my blue shirts how to build using just the stuff we found while pillaging
the dumpsters on the Navy base. Damn, we had some cool stuff!

Just call me Chief.