[SEDXC] Radio Shack

[Gary McConville]

My last trip into RadShack, and I do mean it was my last visit ever again, I went in looking for a couple of 8" full range speakers to replaced damaged ones.  Now the only thing they sell is you can call it a speaker, is a micro speaker in an enclosure that you wouldn't even put in your dog house.  How can they stay in business???

--- On Wed, 8/5/09, David Thompson <thompson at mindspring.com> wrote:

> From: David Thompson <thompson at mindspring.com>
> Subject: [SEDXC] Radio Shack
> To: sedxc at contesting.com
> Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 6:14 PM
> Years ago Radio Shack was a "real"
> amateur gear and electronics parts place. 
> I have a 1962 catalog that looks like an Allied radio one
> with all the gear 
> and parts.  Hams have been the CEO in the past say 20
> years and that is why 
> the started radioshack.com (some remember the store on
> Buford Highway that 
> took over part of the original Home Depot).
> 
> I bought a lot of stuff there and when they closed they
> sold MFJ and 
> Ameritron for 1/2 off.
> 
> Now the parts are mostly in a cabinet in the back of the
> store.  You just 
> have to go look for yourself.  I have the last catalog
> they printed (2002) 
> and have bought stuff to repair amps.  They have
> dropped ham gear and even 
> kits and the sales people only know cell phones.  They
> don't want to be 
> bothered with parts or shielded wire questions.
> 
> Dave K4JRB 
> 
> 
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