[QUOTE=Zareox7;47086491]I don't even know why anyone is saying good riddance. Radioshack stores are a great place to find a font of knowledge and it's a shame that there being beat out by shit stores like Best Buy. I've never had a good experience in a Best Buy.[/QUOTE]
There are other stores that aren't Best Buy. Radio Shack is overpriced in several areas.
Related:
[video=youtube;5Xph-FV04jo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xph-FV04jo[/video]
Looks like the 80's got it's wish.
Due to the internet undercutting it all, I can't think of a way radioshack could have stayed open. They can't compete with prices on the internet. No one can, on anything.
Got a case for my S3 90% off
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/y4INjGi.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=pentium;47083491]RadioShack Canada was bought out by The Source and renamed The Source by Circuit City.[/QUOTE]
I still get small electronic bits there too, they're doing fine in canada from what I can tell
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;47094617]Due to the internet undercutting it all, I can't think of a way radioshack could have stayed open. They can't compete with prices on the internet. No one can, on anything.[/QUOTE]
Even if they could compete with the usual retailers online, they can't beat the Chinese on eBay.
Arduino Micro at Radioshack: $30
Arduino Micro from Chinese seller on eBay: $2.59
Ultrasonic range-finder at Radioshack: $20-25 depending on if it's on clearance or not
Ultrasonic range-finder from Chinese seller on eBay: $0.99
My local one had a 10% off sale and is apparently not actually closing. Wtf. Fuck you Radioshack, die already.
I bet Maplin will be joining them next, their prices are ridiculous compared to what you can get from RS, Farnell or China.
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;47095345]Even if they could compete with the usual retailers online, they can't beat the Chinese on eBay.
Arduino Micro at Radioshack: $30
Arduino Micro from Chinese seller on eBay: $2.59
Ultrasonic range-finder at Radioshack: $20-25 depending on if it's on clearance or not
Ultrasonic range-finder from Chinese seller on eBay: $0.99[/QUOTE]
I know stores in Vancouver that order in from China and all they sell is electronic components. The key to being better than online chinese sellers who have everything cheap is being a much more local store selling cheap chinese everything, but without the month or so wait between placing the order and the package arriving.
This WAS what the hobbyist section of RadioShack looked like 20 years ago. It has not looked remotely like this for at least a decade.
[t]http://futurescienceleaders.org/engineers2012/files/2013/01/Lees-Electronics.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=pentium;47096374]I know stores in Vancouver that order in from China and all they sell is electronic components. The key to being better than online chinese sellers who have everything cheap is being a much more local store selling cheap chinese everything, but without the month or so wait between placing the order and the package arriving.
This WAS what the hobbyist section of RadioShack looked like 20 years ago. It has not looked remotely like this for at least a decade.
[t]http://futurescienceleaders.org/engineers2012/files/2013/01/Lees-Electronics.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
The Radioshacks here never looked like that as far as I can remember, but I'm starting to wish they did.
Back when I was a kid in the mid 90's I knew of at least three or four stores in the Kitchener/Waterloo area that looked a lot like that. The whole back of the store was just nooks full of all sorts of components, security systems/home automation, tools and cables.
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;47097239]The Radioshacks here never looked like that as far as I can remember, but I'm starting to wish they did.[/QUOTE]
A while ago they still did in some locations. I remember going to one around 2002 to get a certain audio adapter and they indeed had it. Obviously that's not Radio Shack but it looked quite similar.
There was one like that near me back in the 90s. I remember going in there with my parents when I was young and just being fascinated by all the little parts and components. I didn't know what they did, but I knew what they could make, and it was just amazing. In a small way those trips to Radio Shack in the 90s helped inspire my love of engineering.
[QUOTE=Chryseus;47096302]I bet Maplin will be joining them next, their prices are ridiculous compared to what you can get from RS, Farnell or China.[/QUOTE]
I barely see more than two people in store at any one time where I live. How Maplin hang on in Britain is beyond me.
[QUOTE=draugur;47096057]My local one had a 10% off sale and is apparently not actually closing. Wtf. Fuck you Radioshack, die already.[/QUOTE]
Yes, please hurry up and put tens of thousands of people out of work with little to no notice, because fuck those guys, am I right?
[editline]8th February 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=pentium;47096374]I know stores in Vancouver that order in from China and all they sell is electronic components. The key to being better than online chinese sellers who have everything cheap is being a much more local store selling cheap chinese everything, but without the month or so wait between placing the order and the package arriving.
This WAS what the hobbyist section of RadioShack looked like 20 years ago. It has not looked remotely like this for at least a decade.
[t]http://futurescienceleaders.org/engineers2012/files/2013/01/Lees-Electronics.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
Holy hell I would have hated to do inventory or restocking for that.
[QUOTE=Snowmew;47097473]A while ago they still did in some locations. I remember going to one around 2002 to get a certain audio adapter and they indeed had it. Obviously that's not Radio Shack but it looked quite similar.[/QUOTE]
Our Radioshack was weird. The looked a little like that, but not quite in depth. They sold used TVs and car stereo accessories along the normal radioshack stuff. It was also in the same room as a Tshirt store, and as far as I know, they were not related in any way. Went under 2 years ago when radioshack first started cutting stores.
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