Radio Shack the technology store

[DainBramaged]

circa 1989

[Orrex]

1. Can't watch the vid from my cube, but...

Even CEO Can't Figure Out How RadioShack Still In Business

[zerosumgame0005]

2. I worked as a manager of one of their stores

back in the 89's, and I gotta tell you that they live for Christmas, they sell out of all the toys and gadgets and make their "nut" then, other then that selling a few resistors or IC chips is thin living on commission...

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. It's true of all retail

Right now

[DainBramaged]

3. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

That is true 6 years on.


How anyone can go into a modern Radio Shack and pay retail for anything is beyond me. You can't even get solder there any more.

[Fumesucker]

7. Bought solder at a Rat Shack just a few weeks ago, they have about ten different types/sizes

Their markup is really high on a lot of stuff but much of it is things you can't get any other retail store, like solder for instance.

[russspeakeasy]

4. It's like going into a Montgomery Wards...

[onethatcares]

5. or Western Auto

I tried to ask some questions at the last Radio Shack I was in concerning changing a battery pack on an old transistor radio from a mega size 9 volt to the new standard size. Sales person couldn't quite grasp the idea of a 9 volt battery being 8 inches long x 2 inches square.

He was more interested selling cell phones.

When the hell did we get all up about selling phones and data plans????

[russspeakeasy]

8. That was the other store I was going to mention, but

couldn't remember it. Thanks...

[zappaman]

9. Nothing beats a TANDY!

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. one near me closed last year

[Morning Dew]

11. That looks like a nifty device.

It would be convenient to be able to make a call when I'm on the go. I hope these become popular.

[backscatter712]

12. Great, but can you play Angry Birds on it? n/t

[Elwood P Dowd]

13. Anybody here old enough to remember Allied Radio?

They were bought out by Radio Quack around 1970. Prior to that though, they actually sold some very high quality high end gear from companies such as McIntosh, Fisher, JBL, AR, Thorens, Marantz, Dynaco, and others. I use to drool over the stuff in the Allied Radio catalogues back when I was a teenager and later college student in the 1960s. Another large chain of stores back then was Lafayette Radio.