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noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
22. if i need something fast
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 02:35 PM
Feb 2014

I buy it and return it after I get it on EBay or Amazon for a fraction of the cost.

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Shit. There goes my computer emergency bits and pieces store. Warpy Feb 2014 #1
And they were just starting to find their way again... Crash2Parties Feb 2014 #2
With me it's audio. Hope mine stays open. mwb970 Feb 2014 #10
i thought they already did the rebranding? pothos Feb 2014 #3
RadioShack completely lost their focus... now just another Cell Phone store selling 'other stuff'. TheBlackAdder Feb 2014 #4
+1 davidpdx Feb 2014 #5
I would like to agree with you... sendero Feb 2014 #7
"electronics hobbyists" are going to the source. pocoloco Feb 2014 #14
plenty of new genderation hobbyists Crash2Parties Feb 2014 #31
I went there last summer looking for one common capacitor snooper2 Feb 2014 #17
Don't know if they still do this, but I used to be able to drop off a malfunctioning PC djean111 Feb 2014 #6
i still have my A500.. i should set it up! dionysus Feb 2014 #32
Well, the stores had become a joke... Helen Borg Feb 2014 #8
The last time I went to one, there was no sales person on the floor KurtNYC Feb 2014 #24
My prediction is when they close these 500 stores that's just the start bigdarryl Feb 2014 #9
It's the only place where you can pick electronic parts like you can in an old-style hardware store. BoneDancer Feb 2014 #11
Another Texass based company that's been hollowed out and will now be tossed aside, Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #12
But, but Super Bowl ad featuring stacks and stacks of Beats Audio gear? onehandle Feb 2014 #13
Two words: "Circuit City" Prisoner_Number_Six Feb 2014 #15
A Circuit City store closed here RebelOne Feb 2014 #29
Used to be able to get nilesobek Feb 2014 #16
I've wondered for a long time how they managed to stay in business... olddad56 Feb 2014 #18
if i need something fast noiretextatique Feb 2014 #22
Mobile Phones. mwooldri Feb 2014 #23
Uh Oh. My son-in-law works there. progressoid Feb 2014 #19
One of my friends used to go to Rdaio Shack to steal their employees KurtNYC Feb 2014 #25
I think there stores are a product of the franchisee gvstn Feb 2014 #20
Years ago they had a store closing and I bought a bunch of stuff from the components cabinets for Erose999 Feb 2014 #21
I got caught up in the Super Bowl ads Politicalboi Feb 2014 #26
There's one a few minutes from me Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #27
I'll miss them. shenmue Feb 2014 #28
I bought my tv from them a couple of years ago. Liberalynn Feb 2014 #30
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