RadioShack to close up to 1,100 US stores

radio's aren't needed so much..big honking receivers aren't needed so much.. with microchips electronic components aren't needed so much..would like to shop these things occasionally but can't expect a store to stock it waiting for my once a year purchase

I buy specialized components online

Been dead in my province for more then a decade. Circuit City has it.

That store sucks anyway.

Check out these 2 random Radio Shack Catalogs I picked and linked to below (1985 and 2010) and scroll through the first 50 pages. This is why Radio Shack is dead IMHO.

Radio Shack 1985 Catalog
[link to www.radioshackcatalogs.com]

Radio Shack 2010 Catalog
[link to www.radioshackcatalogs.com]

Last Edited by snowgoosebob on 03/04/2014 12:58 PM

Good post, interesting to see

THey must have run out of radios!! HA HA

There is nothing better than old technology.

This new stuff is made to break and to be thrown away. I used to love getting misc parts and building something. You really cant do that any more with this new stuff.

That's right, but you can get that connection from Radio Shack right now and not wait days for ebay or Amazon. I drove 16 miles last week for a 1/8 mini jack to RCA connector.

I got a Grundig DL350 radio a 139.00 retail value for 39.00 because they could not find the box and the sales guy could not find the radio in the system. Manager said o well 39.00 and its yours!! I said YA WOOO FUCK YEAH BRAH!! best radio I have ever owned.

Catalog listings from 1940 till 2011
[link to www.radioshackcatalogs.com]

Last Edited by snowgoosebob on 03/04/2014 01:02 PM

Search eBay for a COBRA 148 GTL or COBRA 148 GTL-DX radio.

Buy one...

You'll thank me for it in the future...

Do they even sell ham transceivers anymore?!

BINGO on both counts.

Obviously, two kain things are killing them off:

1) People just don't bother fixing consumer goods, including electrpnics, anymore, they jus;t go out a buy a new one. Most of the consumer products we buy today aren't meant to be fixed, they'rethrow away. If it lasts a year you still made out because it 3as so cheap to begin with. I expect the tablet I'm using right now to last 2, maybe 3 years, before at a minimum the battery craps out; but by then newer generation models, with better specs and operating systems, will be available for dirt cheap prices. It makes no sense to replace the battery or fix a problem. As for phones, IMO, even the relatively expensive droids and iphones are likewise throwaway. You should get at least 2 years out of them, maybe 3. MANY people will simply replace the phone or tablet aftet 1 year.

2) Internet sales.It's very easy and generally much cheaper to order stuff you would have gone to stores like Radio Shack online.

Sad....very sad.

sometimes i go in a shak and open the draws with the electronic
parts and browse. the clerks usually look at me in fear
that i might ask a question.

Hi is there a list if stores that will be closing?

Thanks

Talk about a trip down memory lane.

Another casualty of Obamanomics

The last time I stepped into a Radio Shack was to buy a CR2032 battery. They didn't have it (although it is a commonly used battery) -- but the sales person did question me about my cell phone needs. At the time I had to carry two cell phones and a pager (due to work) -- so I didn't need another phone. Needless to say I've never been back to the Shack -- and that was in the mid 2000's.

Might be some sales

I plan to buy their remaining radio merchandise at steep discount

And their electronic components used to be well made and unique, now it's mostly cheap junk that doesn't last. And they really should've ditched the cell phone idea.

I liked the smallness that Radio Shack used to be. Fry's is good but just too fucking huge.

They should have stuck with the specialty electronics and components, instead of trying to compete with best buy or walmart. The last time I was there I was looking for transistors but only found cell phones and junk.

Nah. You are blaming someone else for someone's own actions.

Yup, I still have a high end Radio Shack table radio (which my parents now have) that is still going strong since its purchase in 1980. The only thing that went out on it is the dial light -- and that's after all those years of daily use...

This^^

Radio Shack used to corner the market in a lot of products, now it is just one option out of many. Their prices are too high and their employees are a bunch of asshats in general.

You can't blame Obama for Radio Shack's bad business model.