Man, I miss Radio Shack

I missed out on the liquidation of three privately own stores, he sold everything that was left in the store - EVERYTHING for $1000. It took three trips for the guy who bought it all to get it all out of the store with his trailer and pickup.

 

On the wrong side of history. Apparently a racist company. Only old white men and a few Asians could use the majority of SKUs. Good riddance.

 

How is selling soldering equipment a racist thing?

Please indulge me.

 

They still have stores. I can second that.

We have one here on the sandbar. Our only store of that type.

Had to actually go there recently for something I needed for my tower at home. Was more expensive then if I had gone online but I needed it asap and they had what I needed.

I don't frequent them all the time but it seems like when I do it's when I need something I can't get anywhere else locally.

Far as them being racist I have no clue about all that. If I let stores actions dictate where I shopped...I'd never shop. My store seems to treat everyone equally. So til I see it in person or get more info...I'll continue to go there as needed.

I think my Radio Shack is a franchise. Which might explain why they still exist here on my sandbar.

Stay safe.

Sirscrapntruckalot - Beep! - R2D2

 

I’m getting old and progress has left me behind. I can no longer tell if I’m reading The Onion or The New York Times.

 

MARTA made it easier for thieves to scope the territory in daylight. They return after dark in the older ones hooptie. That’s part of what killed DeKalb thirty years ago before Section 8 took off in the past dozen years. Pretty well same pattern with new rail transit everywhere.

Of course I’m horsing around. RS was a valuable resource. Now we’re stuck with online ordering. No surprise, that. Wouldn’t want you dangerous deplorables to be self-sufficient in comms.

And wouldn’t want you to just wander in and maybe impulse buy an inexpensive but decent meter to measure RFI or EMF now would we? More uses than just radio problem solving.

Say, have you hit the tool department at Sears, lately? (Oh, wait . . . )

Selling tools or parts or gear we “woke” Americans can’t understand with an extra-short video, well, that’s discriminatory. Has to go.

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