[ARC5] deathwatch for radio shack?

[J Mcvey via ARC5]

ditto, RS is a source of last resort ( only if I need it NOW, but they usually don't have what I need anyway) . Hamfests, Mouser, Newark,Digikey and Jamesco are the sources of choice for me these days, in pretty much that order.



On Thursday, September 25, 2014 10:11 AM, Francesco Ledda <frledda at att.net> wrote:
 


I go there, when I am desperate. I am lucky enough to live in a bid city with few Fry's and a couple of good electronic surplus stores.


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> On Sep 25, 2014, at 8:57 AM, Joe Connor via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> I hope they survive. While the focus on phones is annoying and misguided, they still have a good variety of components. If they go out, I'll miss them. It was always nice to have a local store where I could go to buy resistors, solder, connectors etc. The Internet and mail order are great, but there's something to be said for instant gratification.
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> Joe Connor
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> On Thursday, September 25, 2014 9:39 AM, J Mcvey via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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>> RS made a big mistake by trying to become a "phone store" at the expense of a more diversified product line.
>> It seemed that phones are all the staff knew about. Try asking for an audio cable and you will get a blank stare and a question like "what's an XLR ?".  
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>> People are not building electronic projects like they used to, but there is a still a lot of 'audiophiles" and recording wanabees who want specialized audio equipment who could have been marketed to, for instance. This is what happens when a company has myopic management that fails to track consumer trends.   Everybody and their brother is selling phones!!
>> RS was a niche store that lost it's way. 
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>> I feel bad for the franchise owners.
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>> On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 11:18 PM, john rose <brokenthumb at live.com> wrote:
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>> Around 2010 the Shack’s stock traded around $20 to $22. It closed today at 88 cents. Here are links to two articles on Marketwatch.com that tell the story.
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>> http://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-radioshack-in-critical-condition-2014-09-22
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>> http://www.marketwatch.com/story/radioshack-may-not-have-enough-power-to-recharge-its-business-2014-09-23
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>> I have spent my share of time and money in the last 4 1/2 decades (OMG, I’m getting old!!). I even remember when you went there to buy a radio!! No longer. Many, many moons ago I picked up a couple of BC645s at a swap. The conversion information that came with them was published by, wait for it, Radio Shack of Boston. If the worst does come to pass, at least we might be able to stock up on some parts.
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