Besides, their parts were and always have been complete crap anyways, so not
a great loss really...

Larry, I have been buying electronic components from Radio Shack for 40 years,
and I can't say I got any that were complete c***. They all worked, isn't that
what you get them for?
Radio Shack doesn't manufacture any of the parts they sell, they repackage
OEM parts and resell. They cost more, and the people working there know little
or nothing about the parts section. But the parts work.
As another poster pointed out, they are mighty handy for the odd part to meet
some deadline, or if you are just trying to finish your latest weekend creation
and need a 1N4007, and a 10k 1/4 watt in a hurry. I would never use them as
the major parts supplier for anything but the smallest of projects. I would
consider them getting out of the parts business a loss.
73 Gary N4AST