[Boatanchors] RS.. was soldering/desoldering

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A review of thier financial statement on the SEC web site  shows that 60% of their revenue comes from piece parts sales. These piece part sales are shown to be 80% more proftable than systems sales. Back end credits for meeting the manufactures minimums on system sales adds 17.5% to the bottom line after 180 days.

FYI 

> 
> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
> Date: 2006/02/19 Sun PM 06:59:37 PST
> To: carolew <carolew at bellatlantic.net>
> CC: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net,  rayfri <rayfri at highstream.net>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] RS..  was soldering/desoldering
> 
> carolew wrote:
> 
> > [snip] In retrospect, it looks like Radio Shack made a mistake shifting from electronics/parts to cell phones, cell phones and more cell phones. [snip]
> 
> Really? If they had stayed with parts, they would have gone broke 20 years ago. I buy perhaps $10 every couple of months, I've never seen ANYONE else buying parts. BTW, I'm in one of the 2 high tech capitals of the US.
> 
> Almost no one builds stuff anymore.
> 
> -John
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