Good riddance to Radio Shack !

[moneymaker]

And may Sears soon follow. As a kid growing up I loved Radio Shack and the candy counter at Sears, but times have changed and they no longer can compete so I say adiòs .

[spdrun]

Shame. A couple within walking distance of me and they’re good for quick and dirty parts for projects when you don’t want to fucking wait two fucking days for Amazon or DigiKey ordering. Blame it on millennial twitter-twits who are too scaredy catted to get their hands dirty — yes to programming, but zOMG you might inhale some HEAVY METALS if you SOLDER!

[The-Shoveler]

I think you can chock this up to software eating the world,
These days Hardware is becoming more and more just programmed multifunction chips.
Then you have the whole cloud VM thing.

[spdrun]

Software or not, software still needs something to interface with. As far as programmable multi-function chips, they still need circuitry to interface with the outside world.

I don’t think that cloud VM’s affected Radio Shack much — their core market hasn’t been small server hardware for at least a generation.

Chalk it up to that fucking wrecker Bezos as well as soft-handed millennial twits.

[Hobie]

Suprised they held on this long. Remember Heathkit? This was the beginning of less hands on electronic experimenters. They failed in the ’80’s.

They can’t compete with the big guys selling imported electronic gadgets so be different. Marketing.

Wonder what would have happened if they partnered with schools to have electronic classes and clubs.

[moneymaker]

I would only go to the Shack as a last resort and I always felt like I got ripped off when leaving. I know how to solder and believe in fixing rather than replacing things. Saw on TV recently someone was showing kids how to solder and sadly it was obvious they (the adults) had no clue how to do it.

[Coronita]

Great. Now i need to go to Fry’s to get electronic components.

[The-Shoveler]

[quote=flu]Great. Now i need to go to Fry’s to get electronic components.[/quote]

LOL Fry’s is kind of a cross between radio shack and best buy plus some Disney type art just for show (well at least in some stores).

I love the San Marcos Fry’s.

[outtamojo]

This is sad – if Ace hardware can still hang around, why couldn’t Radio Shack? Guess they could never hire the right leadership…

[outtamojo]

[quote=spdrun]Shame. A couple within walking distance of me and they’re good for quick and dirty parts for projects when you don’t want to fucking wait two fucking days for Amazon or DigiKey ordering. Blame it on millennial twitter-twits who are too scaredy catted to get their hands dirty — yes to programming, but zOMG you might inhale some HEAVY METALS if you SOLDER![/quote]

For some reason I love the smell of solder and fresh asphalt.

[moneymaker]

Must be the carcinogens, maybe you have a death wish, I’m guessing you smoke and drink too. I have a wireless Honeywell door bell that went tits up because of a bad op amp, what will I do now (it was so toasted i can’t even read the numbers on the op amp). I doubt Radio Shack even carries op amps. It was only identifiable by it’s 8 legs.

[spdrun]

RS used to sell 741 and 386(?) op-amps. 8 legs likely means a clone of one of those.

[spdrun]

I would only go to the Shack as a last resort and I always felt like I got ripped off when leaving.

Agreed that they were overpriced, but you were paying for convenience.

[flyer]

I’ve always been a DIY’R–cars, homes, etc., etc.–and my wife will attest to the fact that I probably have more “parts” around than are humanly necessary. RS and HD have always been favorites, so I’m sorry to see RS go.

This came in handy way back when we first started buying investment properties, and, even today, I still enjoy taking care of things myself whenever possible.

I’m guessing that many of the companies we see at the forefront today in other industries will also become obsolete. That’s just the way life is. Hot today–gone tomorrow.

[poorgradstudent]

I love Fry’s so much.

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