Re: [IRCA] Radio shack to file for bankruptcy

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've seen nothing anywhere on the web about opening new stores. But I have
seen a lot about both 2014 and 2015 closings.

What I see is many fewer customers than 'back in the day', and most of
those are absolutely helpless cell phone customers.

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 5:09 PM, James Renfrew <jim.renfrew@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I walked into RS in downtown Washington DC shortly after this post an
> casually asked about bankruptcy.   I'd say I got  coached response but it
> had two parts: (1) this is old news from a year ago (2) if it's so dire why
> is RS opening up 500 new stores?  She seemed to be indicating more boutique
> operations in the future.  Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY
> On Jan 15, 2015 3:02 PM, "Patrick Martin" <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I bought a lot of their 5K pots for termination too. I should probably
> > pick up a few more to keep them in reserve. Since the RS stores are
> locally
> > owned, I guess they do have the option to get their product from other
> > vendors don't they? I wonder if all will close?
> >
> > Patrick Martin
> > Seaside OR
> > KGED QSL Manager
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:28:50 -0600
> > > From: neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Radio shack to file for bankruptcy
> > >
> > > My 40+ years experience with them hasn't indicated that their quality
> is
> > that great and honestly I my overall experience has been that quality is
> > somewhat below average for what I've paid for it in comparison to similar
> > priced products from other vendors.
> > >
> > > OK the TRF 12-665 was great for its time, but all three of mine crapped
> > out and two rather quickly. I went thru 4 of their cassette recorders for
> > DXpeds etc before promising to NEVER buy another. I've had several each
> of
> > their RG58 and RG59 cables crap out, almost always due to connector
> issues.
> > >
> > > At least their resistors work to terminate my DKAZ antennas.
> > >
> > > Yes, I also view their management as being poor and badly focused over
> > the past couple of decades as they could have done a better job with
> > changes in the industry and public desires and needs.
> > >
> > > 73 KAZ
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > >From: Tim Kridel <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >Sent: Jan 15, 2015 1:00 PM
> > > >To: "irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >Subject: Re: [IRCA] Radio shack to file for bankruptcy
> > > >
> > > >I bought a Realistic DX-66 in the mid-1980s. It's been my mom's
> kitchen
> > radio since the early '90s and is still going strong. No scratchy pots.
> No
> > slop in the tuning mechanism.
> > > >
> > > >------------------------------
> > > >
> > > >Message: 4
> > > >Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:53:14 -0500
> > > >From: Rick W4DST <w4dst@xxxxxxxx>
> > > >To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> > > >     <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >Subject: Re: [IRCA] Radio shack to file for bankruptcy
> > > >
> > > >Like a lot of folks, I have a lot of 25 year old and even older Radio
> > Shack products that are still working fine.
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