Radio Shack Chapter 11

[David Ahrendts]

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[Chris Hallinan]

Another interesting angle on this story:

Amazon considering purchase of Radio Shack

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-03/amazon-said-to-mull-buying-radioshack-stores-in-retail-expansion

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[Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT]

...so they can sell Kindles and their cell phones.

Does Radio Shack even sell parts anymore?

On 2/5/2015 5:00 PM, Chris Hallinan wrote:

> Another interesting angle on this story:
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> Amazon considering purchase of Radio Shack
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[Tony Estep]

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT <
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> Does Radio Shack even sell parts anymore?
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> The ones around here do, and I'm not ashamed to say that I'm gonna miss
them. Even though we have Gateway Electronics, a truly fabulous source for
all kinds of electronic junk, the Shack bailed me out many times.
Micro-switches, de-soldering gadgets (theirs were the best!), a variety of
ICs and sockets, and lots of miscellaneous stuff. And cables, cables of
every kind. Stereo plug on one end, RCA plugs on the other? No problem. All
sorts of strange mix-n-match cables. And just low-turnover, low-margin,
oddball junk that only a ham stuck in the middle of a homebrew project
might buy, once a year or maybe twice. No way they could stay in business
with that stuff, but still.....

73, Tony KT0NY
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[k6mkf]

Yes, but still ...

As a Novice back in 1968, the RS in Wappingers Falls, NY was the go-to place
for parts.   Even got a part-time job there to pay for them.

We sold a lot of FM Stereo receivers and FM antennas with rotators,
turntables, phonograph needles and cartridges - and really pricey speakers
too.   For a while it was a real money spinner.

- 73 and good DX de Mike, K6MKF, President - NCDXC


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Estep
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Radio Shack Chapter 11

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Does Radio Shack even sell parts anymore?
>
> The ones around here do, and I'm not ashamed to say that I'm gonna
> miss
them. Even though we have Gateway Electronics, a truly fabulous source for
all kinds of electronic junk, the Shack bailed me out many times.
Micro-switches, de-soldering gadgets (theirs were the best!), a variety of
ICs and sockets, and lots of miscellaneous stuff. And cables, cables of
every kind. Stereo plug on one end, RCA plugs on the other? No problem. All
sorts of strange mix-n-match cables. And just low-turnover, low-margin,
oddball junk that only a ham stuck in the middle of a homebrew project might
buy, once a year or maybe twice. No way they could stay in business with
that stuff, but still.....

73, Tony KT0NY
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