This is the second time in three weeks I went to Radio Shack for something
and they didn't have it.

1. was a speaker L pad
2. was a 300K PC pot and a 200K resisters.

Rich wrote:
This is the second time in three weeks I went to Radio Shack for something
and they didn't have it.

1. was a speaker L pad
2. was a 300K PC pot and a 200K resisters.


Why don't you go online first and (1) see if Radio Shack even carries
what you are looking for and (2) if they do, find the closest store that
has it in stock?

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"Rich" wrote in message
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This is the second time in three weeks I went to Radio Shack for something
and they didn't have it.

1. was a speaker L pad
2. was a 300K PC pot and a 200K resisters.


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What's REALLY annoying is to get the part number, call up and ask if it's in
stock, be told yes, drive down there (21 miles each way) and be told sorry,
we don't have it. The computer was wrong.

After the fourth or fifth time this happened, no jury in the country would
convict me of what followed, I'm sure. :-)

Bill, W6WRT

It was on my list and I was in the mall.

Rich wrote:

This is the second time in three weeks I went to Radio Shack for something
and they didn't have it.

1. was a speaker L pad
2. was a 300K PC pot and a 200K resisters.






Radio Shack, you got questions (or parts) we got.............. DUH,
what that??
With sub-standred parts (experimental quality) and junk
98% of Radio Craps should go out of business.

Jack O'Neill wrote:

Radio Shack, you got questions (or parts) we got.............. DUH,
what that?? With sub-standred parts (experimental quality) and junk
98% of Radio Craps should go out of business.
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Radio Shack serves a purpose, but if you want good parts, go to Mouser
or Digi-Key. Wish either one had a store in my town.

Bill, W6WRT

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In the last year I've paid a lot more attention to what RS (RC!) has or
does not have in the line of parts. Around me are a little more than 1/2
dozen, and I've scanned through those 2-4 cubic yard drawers and more or
less memorized what they have, and where. Some places have zip, others are
not too bad.

You can get some catalogs by mailing to some of those addresses in the
back of QST that advertise parts/antique radio, etc.

Also, Newark is still in business (www.newark.com, I think, and you can
fill out an on-line form and get a very thick catalog in 1-2 months [you
can still get some tube-relevant parts, but its mostly solid-state only
these days]).

Also, maybe try your search engine. There is a rec.radio.amateur FAQ...I
don't recall if it had a source list, but that would be useful. Some
places are starting to charge outrageous prices for stuff (transformers
that used to be $10-15 a few years ago are now $40-60 and they are still
surplus!!). Me, I'm kludging together what I need by connecting,
back-to-back, things like filament transformers to get B+, etc.

I grew up on kits, soldering irons, and making your own stuff. Now, I
wonder...do you have to go to a 3rd world country to get parts? (India,
China, Russia? [I even wonder if the kids over there make things? Or, did
they just leap into solid state, and throw-away-society mindsets like we
have here in the US?]).

W4PON

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On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, Jack O'Neill wrote:

Rich wrote:

This is the second time in three weeks I went to Radio Shack for something
and they didn't have it.

1. was a speaker L pad
2. was a 300K PC pot and a 200K resisters.





Radio Shack, you got questions (or parts) we got.............. DUH, what
that??
With sub-standred parts (experimental quality) and junk
98% of Radio Craps should go out of business.

In the last year I've paid a lot more attention to what RS (RC!) has or
does not have in the line of parts. Around me are a little more than 1/2
dozen, and I've scanned through those 2-4 cubic yard drawers and more or
less memorized what they have, and where. Some places have zip, others are
not too bad.


You might as well forget these losers... They forgot their roots and
how they got to where they are now (well all except for the screwing
the customer part). When i started going to RS - WHEN it was a Radio
Shack in the 70's, they had already begun the "phase out chips that
don't sell" policy. I have tons of the older stuff that i got free!!!
I made friends with a manager in South Jersey and whenever he'd "throw
out" a product number he'd call me. As for now. eBay has supplied me
with most of my parts believe it or not!

Big Rich Soprano wrote:

You might as well forget these losers... They forgot their roots and
how they got to where they are now (well all except for the screwing
the customer part). When i started going to RS - WHEN it was a Radio
Shack in the 70's, they had already begun the "phase out chips that
don't sell" policy. I have tons of the older stuff that i got free!!!
I made friends with a manager in South Jersey and whenever he'd "throw
out" a product number he'd call me. As for now. eBay has supplied me
with most of my parts believe it or not!
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If you think about the trouble it is to stock hundreds of bags with a
couple of parts in each, it's a wonder RS stays in the parts business
at all. I wouldn't.

Bill, W6WRT

So how about all the other stores that sell hundreds of 1,000 of items ?
If everyone thought like that then about all that anyone would be
selling are $100,000 items that have a big mark up. With companies like
Mouser, RS really doesn't need to be in the parts business anyway but
it is nice that they keep a few of the small items.

Bill Turner wrote:

Big Rich Soprano wrote:


You might as well forget these losers... They forgot their roots and
how they got to where they are now (well all except for the screwing
the customer part). When i started going to RS - WHEN it was a Radio
Shack in the 70's, they had already begun the "phase out chips that
don't sell" policy. I have tons of the older stuff that i got free!!!
I made friends with a manager in South Jersey and whenever he'd "throw
out" a product number he'd call me. As for now. eBay has supplied me
with most of my parts believe it or not!

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If you think about the trouble it is to stock hundreds of bags with a
couple of parts in each, it's a wonder RS stays in the parts business
at all. I wouldn't.

Bill, W6WRT