Got the word today at the neighborhood RadioShack that a catalog will once
again be available---no date offered but should be soon.

Tom

Got the word today at the neighborhood RadioShack that a catalog will once
again be available---no date offered but should be soon.

Well, that's a step in a good direction, I suppose. Their Web-site
search engine from Hell was really getting on my nerves.

Now, if they'd just quadruple the size, selection breadth, and quality
of their electronic-components rack...

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"Dave Platt" wrote in message
...
Got the word today at the neighborhood RadioShack that a catalog will
once
again be available---no date offered but should be soon.

Well, that's a step in a good direction, I suppose. Their Web-site
search engine from Hell was really getting on my nerves.

Now, if they'd just quadruple the size, selection breadth, and quality
of their electronic-components rack...

Unfortunately, all their money comes from cell phone sales. I won't be
visiting them until they lose their shirt doing that and have to go back to
selling components.

I think it is mainly the old timers which keep them in business, anyone 40
and younger will grab what they need off the internet (cell phones too)
and get a much better deal...

John

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:30:50 -0500, john graesser wrote:


"Dave Platt" wrote in message
...
Got the word today at the neighborhood RadioShack that a catalog will
once
again be available---no date offered but should be soon.

Well, that's a step in a good direction, I suppose. Their Web-site
search engine from Hell was really getting on my nerves.

Now, if they'd just quadruple the size, selection breadth, and quality
of their electronic-components rack...

Unfortunately, all their money comes from cell phone sales. I won't be
visiting them until they lose their shirt doing that and have to go back to
selling components.

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:15:01 +0000, Tom wrote:

Got the word today at the neighborhood RadioShack that a catalog will once
again be available---no date offered but should be soon.

Tom

Who cares? Their stuff has been and probably always will be a POS. I
have never seen worse electronic components sold to the general public
than the junk in that store. Avoid them like the plague.

Larry VE7EA

In article io.net,
clfe wrote:

Sadly, I think them doing that - is wishful thinking. Actually, were it not
for the Cell Phones and some other miscellaneous items, it seems to me that
they would be out of business in the not too distant future. Electromics
"toys" - can be had at Wal-Mart or any other place, same with TVs, Stereos,
Computers and phone accessories. The "few" scanners they sell isn't enough
to hold them. I really do think they're on their last legs. IF they go on
longer, then all the better. But I think it is going to take a major miracle
to pick them up. I used to go in a RS store at least 3 times a week. I'm
lucky if I walk in one - once every couple months. They simply have nothing
to offer me anymore. I can get all they have - elsewhere, and usually
cheaper - WITHOUT - the "Do you need a cell phone?" pitch.

Last night I was watching on cable a movie made in 1997 about Star Trek
fans. One of the fans builds things. It showed him going into a Radio
Shack store and asking for parts and electronics help (should I use
a 270 oHm resistor instead of the 3k?).

The back of the store was a maze of parts racks, and they guy knew the
answers.

As Joani Mitchell once said "you don't realize what you've lost until it's
gone".

Geoff.

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"Dave Platt" wrote in message
...
Got the word today at the neighborhood RadioShack that a catalog will
once
again be available---no date offered but should be soon.

Well, that's a step in a good direction, I suppose. Their Web-site
search engine from Hell was really getting on my nerves.

Now, if they'd just quadruple the size, selection breadth, and quality
of their electronic-components rack...

--
Dave Platt AE6EO
Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior
I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will
boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads!

Sadly, I think them doing that - is wishful thinking. Actually, were it not
for the Cell Phones and some other miscellaneous items, it seems to me that
they would be out of business in the not too distant future. Electromics
"toys" - can be had at Wal-Mart or any other place, same with TVs, Stereos,
Computers and phone accessories. The "few" scanners they sell isn't enough
to hold them. I really do think they're on their last legs. IF they go on
longer, then all the better. But I think it is going to take a major miracle
to pick them up. I used to go in a RS store at least 3 times a week. I'm
lucky if I walk in one - once every couple months. They simply have nothing
to offer me anymore. I can get all they have - elsewhere, and usually
cheaper - WITHOUT - the "Do you need a cell phone?" pitch.

clf

In article rio.net,
clfe wrote:

Problem with that scenario is most and I'd dare say a majority of the RS
clerks didn't have a clue about electronics - to be able to give "that" type
of answer. They were lucky to know what a resistor was, let alone how to
substitute one value for another. They were good when they sold parts, the
other stuff was for the "other" people - not into Electronics. I'm talking
the toys and gadgets. For anyone wanting to go in for parts only - it has
seriously lost its touch.

The manager of the Radio Shack I went to before I moved here, was a ham.
All of the employes knew radio (swl or scanners), electronics or computers.

Geoff.

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IL Voice: (077)-424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838
Support the growing boycott of Google by radio users and hobbyists.
It's starting to work, Yahoo has surpassed Google.

Back in the '70 you had to demoinstrate knoweledge of electronics before you could be hired; not an expert, but at least understand what the customer was looking for. I worked for them until '79. Their new slogan is "you got questions, we got insults."

clfe wrote:

the front. Radio Shack selling basically the same thing the others do - with
the exception of a few things, will peter out. I give them 10 years tops. I
hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it. I think their era has come and gone.

clf

10 years? No way. In recent years I've had a few instances to go into
a RS looking for stuff for the kids like videogame machines and just odd
random non-radio related stuff. They aren't competitive with that stuff
either.

Seems to me that they are 'surviving' off of their convenience aspect
since most of their urban stores are located in malls and many smaller
towns that don't have the big box stores and malls at least have an RS
franchise...but they never have a very good stock of anything. When you
go into a RS and they can't fit you with a new cellphone battery whats left?

My bet is that there are a lot of red ink stores in their chain and the
poor franchisees are basically working only to have a job and to try and
salvage their investment. I suspect if it weren't for their franchising
schemes the name Radio Shack would be long gone already.

-Bill M