[Johnson] Comments on constructing/repairing BA equipment - Radio Shack

[Mark Foltarz]

Radio Shack : 
You have questions?  
We have dumb looks....

Also known as the "Quickie Mart"  of electronics.

Tandy has always staffed stores with morons  and
corporate automatons. And never ever does the dweeb
behind the counter possess knowledge about electronics
beyond car stereos.

Or how about when they fight you for an address? I
especially like the ensuing battle. 

I have actually received a gift certificate from Tandy
corporate as an apology  because some inner city dung
brain sales employee would not sell me a project
enclosure unless I gave him an address! And then
proved it !! 

 I guess he did'nt trusty this shifty "European
American" - you know we all look alike. Heh.

 I understand he was fired shortly after.

 Yup, Radio Shack Sucks.


73
de KA4JVY
Mark




--- kwylow zinjanthropus <catman351@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> All:
> 
> Just wanted to make a comment on this. A few days
> ago, I completed construction of an AC-1 replica
> transmitter (just in time for SKN!). I was short a
> few parts in the meantime so I decided to check out
> the local Radio Shack. Was I in for a surprise:
> apparently, BA quality parts are getting harder and
> harder to come by. I was looking for a 220 pf cap
> for the xtal osc divider circuit. I was lucky to
> find such a cap...in the discontinued section of the
> store! Even the terminal strips were hard to find. I
> spent almost 10 minutes at a local RS because the
> clerk didn't know what the heck what i was talking
> about. Many of the clerks don't have the needed
> skills to know what you are asking for (oh, we don't
> have a 220 micro micro farad...would a .22
> microfarad electrolytic cap work?) and other
> nonsense like that. 
> 
> So if you are about to repair your Ranger, Valiant,
> etc, or start construction on a project, be wary of
> these things that are happening at your local
> "Shack". Be lucky that places like Antique
> Electronic Supply, Fair Radio, and what have you
> that are still around. Commercial places that sell
> radio parts with personnel that are knowledgeable
> within your local mall's distance are getting harder
> and harder to find. 
> 
> FWIW. Cal, N6KYR. 
> 
> 
> 
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