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Re: Radio Shack to close 1,100 stores

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On Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:37:45 -0500
2phar <none@example.com> wrote:

>  From the you've-got-questions-we've-got-blank-stares dept.
:)

Love the tag line.  I used to find RadioShack full of interesting and
amazing things, any of which could drag you into a new world of
learning - projects, heathkit stuff (they did sell heathkit, didn't
they? Or am I conflating memories?), radio, tv, walkie-talkies,
shortwave, etc.

These days it's a glorified ipad accessory and cellphone plan store.
Boring!  I actually have bought two shortwave radios in the past ten
years and have on both occasions given Radio Shack first bite at the
apple.  In both occasions, even though the store had a shortwave radio
for sale, the salesperson had no idea what I was talking about, or if
they had anything like that to sell me.  Ridiculous.

In a way, this is more the demise of a market and a culture than just a
store.  This isn't fun anymore, people don't do it, and the stuff is
manufactured in a way you couldn't repair it even if you wanted to.  If
your ipad's wireless stops working because your son dropped it one day,
guess what your recourse is?  Buy a new ipad.  The only tool you "need"
anymore is an extended warranty plan.  That's good or bad news for the
consumer depending on how you look at it, but it certainly doesn't bode
well for a consumer society more than marginally aware of how their
technology works.

Meanwhile, good riddance, "Shack."  Your time has come and gone.

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Radio Shack to close 1,100 stores 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-03-04 14:37 -0500
  Re: Radio Shack to close 1,100 stores Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-04 21:48 +0200
    Re: Radio Shack to close 1,100 stores 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-03-04 14:52 -0500
  Re: Radio Shack to close 1,100 stores RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-05 12:41 +0000
    Re: Radio Shack to close 1,100 stores 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-03-05 10:06 -0500
    Re: Radio Shack to close 1,100 stores Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-03-05 21:24 +0000
  Re: Radio Shack to close 1,100 stores David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2014-03-06 16:59 -0800

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