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A Eulogy for RadioShack

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Re: A Eulogy for RadioShack

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Post by bdunbar »

rbanffy wrote: post #143
bdunbar wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Granted, they've branched off quite a bit and sell firearms and ammo A RS that sells electronics and guns. I would patronize that store so _hard_.

It all depends on the kind of drone you want to build. Just to make this clear, I want to not know what you'd do with it ;-)

Ha. I wasn't thinking of mixing the two. Just ... while I'm at the store picking up a stick of RAM, pick up a new magazine, or a brick of .22 ammunition.

Guns and drones are, however, an interesting subject. Wildly impractical, now, due to safety, payload, and usability issues.

Re: A Eulogy for RadioShack

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Post by NextPerception »

I read this post, felt sorry for RadioShack, and decided I would give them one last shot and try their price matching policy for a pair of beats solo headphones. I hoped to avoid the long lines at some of the bigger retail outlets and, by utilizing their advertised "extra 10% off" price matching, avoid mail in rebates as well. Long story short, after waiting close to an hour for one of the two working associates to become available I was denied a price match. They ended up losing my sale because of this and leaving me wondering how they have lasted this long. I had a bit of sympathy for them earlier but the only sympathy I have left is for the people still working for them.

https://twitter.com/MatthewTavares/status/538138578208169984

Re: A Eulogy for RadioShack

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Post by michaelcampbell »

steven2012 wrote: post #69

The Radio Shack where I grew up gave out free batteries once a month. I did a science fair project that compared how good Radio Shack batteries were to Duracell, etc, and they were superior by far. It's sad that they are basically dead, but it's the Circle of Life, I suppose, and a good reminder to never rest on your laurels or take it for granted.

Yup, when I was a kid my local RS had the 'battery of the month' club. I remember the card they'd punch and everything. The town was small so the guy knew all of us so we couldn't cheat (although none of us would have even considered it).

I remember being excited to get my free 9v every month. Simpler times.

Re: A Eulogy for RadioShack

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Post by michaelcampbell »

ryandrake wrote: post #134

This isn't really a story about Radio Shack. It's about how awful it is to be a retail employee. You could have written this about the working conditions inside any retail store in any dying shopping mall: Forced to work off the clock, no overtime pay, pay structure resulting in pay below minimum wage, capricious, last-minute schedule changes, do-it-or-leave ultimatums, callous, abusive management, exhausted and over…

Too widely variable to paint with such a broad brush. I've worked a number of retail gigs as a kid/young adult and had basically good experiences; from Ace Hardware to Walmart. (Never fast food though; managed to avoid that.)

Re: A Eulogy for RadioShack

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Post by michaelcampbell »

joezydeco wrote: post #23
zafka wrote: post #13

I still have a cuecat!!! I never intended to use it for it's intended purpose,but thought it was great to get a free bar code reader.

I always associated CueCat with WIRED magazine, I had no idea RadioShack was an investor.

Same here, and when Cranky Geeks was still going one of the regulars was Dave Mathews; who I always thought was the inventor. (And according to http://www.crunchbase.com/person/dave-mathews, he is.) Never heard of this Hutton Pulizer guy.

Re: A Eulogy for RadioShack

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Post by qubitcoder »

morganvachon wrote: post #146
frost_knight wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe the day he drops the franchise and reverts to his own brand a bunch of us HN folks could come out and throw a huge party for him.

Depends; how many of you are willing to travel to the back woods of northwest Georgia? :)

I'm in Rome, GA. Not too far away :).

Re: A Eulogy for RadioShack

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Post by webnrrd2k »

michaelcampbell wrote: post #163
steven2012 wrote: post #69

The Radio Shack where I grew up gave out free batteries once a month. I did a science fair project that compared how good Radio Shack batteries were to Duracell, etc, and they were superior by far. It's sad that they are basically dead, but it's the Circle of Life, I suppose, and a good reminder to never rest on your laurels or take it for granted.

Yup, when I was a kid my local RS had the 'battery of the month' club. I remember the card they'd punch and everything. The town was small so the guy knew all of us so we couldn't cheat (although none of us would have even considered it). I remember being excited to get my free 9v every month. Simpler times.

I was a member of the Battery of the Month Club, too. The local Radio Shack was next to a record store named Licorice Pizza, and they usually had a jar of free licorice next to the register. I'd swing by, get some red licorice, then go next door and pick up a free battery.
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