Re: [IRCA] Radio shack to file for bankruptcy

[Russ Johnson <radiok3pi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here is my favorite Radio Shack story.

Probably 15 years ago, I wanted to buy a DX-398.  We actually had two Radio
Shacks in our small town.   During this era, they were pushing the extended
warranties on everything...and I mean hard.

I had my daughter with me at the time.   I said, "Watch this."

I went into the store and went right to the sales guy.  I said, "I am here
to buy a DX-398 shortwave radio.  But I am going to buy it under one
condition.  If at any point in this transaction, you so much as mention
anything about an extended warranty, I am out of here and will get the
radio across town.  Understood?"   He indicated he did.

I went to the shelf.  Pulled the radio down and took it to the register.
As he is ringing it up, he says, "Are you sure you are not interested in
the extended warranty?"

"Oh, that's too bad," I said.   Off we went across town.

For me they outlived their usefulness about 10 years ago when they decided
to be a cell phone store.

"Radio Shack.  You got questions....we have confused looks on our faces."

Russ J.

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I doubt that their old paradigm is workable today. Just as the number of
> radio hobbyists - hams, DX'ers, SWL's - is shrinking,
> so is the pool of electronics DIY'ers. A lot of the DIY market implosion
> results from advanced circuitry moving beyond more and
> more people who lack the type of technical knowledge to continue.
>
> I'd more expect the inventory to be liquidated, period.
>
> On that basis, I'll plan to soon be stocking up on spares of almost
> anything that I might need that I can't reasonably find anywhere
> else and consider it a worthwhile investment.
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Rick W4DST <w4dst@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > That's not surprising.  Radio Shack is a text book case of poor
> management
> > from the top down dating from the early 1980s.  They could have been the
> > premier personal computer manufacturer circa 1981 or so but decided the
> > route to go was with all proprietary hardware which was a fiasco.  IBM
> did
> > the same thing with the PS2 line and never again had much of a market
> share
> > in the desktop PC realm.  Enter Dell.
> >
> > Like a lot of folks, I have a lot of 25 year old and even older Radio
> Shack
> > products that are still working fine. My 25 year old Radio Shack DVM has
> > hit the concrete floor of my shack more times than I can count and still
> > works.  The LCD in my much more expensive Fluke broke the first time it
> > dropped.
> >
> > It's sad to see how badly Radio Shack has slipped due to their own
> > mismanagement.  I hope someone can keep them operating.
> >
> > Rick
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