[GreenKeys] OT the end of radio shack?

Jim Haynes jhhaynes at earthlink.net
Fri Jun 20 23:16:05 EDT 2014


On Fri, 20 Jun 2014, Gil Smith wrote:

> Radioshack has only been a place where I MAYBE will find something I need
> today, but usually not.  I can also drive across town to the slightly-better
> Fry's Electronics.

At least you have that option.  No Fry's within hundreds of miles for me.
And I do occasionally find things I need at Radio Shack - was surprised
they had fuses of a size I needed, but they did.
> 
> What should Radioshack be today if they did things right?  Well, this:
> https://www.sparkfun.com/
> http://www.adafruit.com/
> 
Well maybe, but I can't see them selling much of that in stores like
theirs that are in towns as small as 5000 people.


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