[BC] Radio Shack Hangs In There

[Stevan A. White]

Remember getting 5 carbon resistors on a card for 19 cents?  I found a 
couple just the other day.  I'll bet Willie has a bunch of 'em hanging 
on his RS parts board.  Shucks, I'll bet Willie has more on his RS parts 
board than Radio Shack stocks these days!

Best Regards,
Stevan A. White, W5SAW
SW Commercial Electronics
928 South Crockett Street
Amarillo, Texas 79102
Phone 806-681-7228
w5saw at pathwayz.com

"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person 
doing it." -- Chinese proverb



N0JAA at aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 4/26/2007 4:40:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes:
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> I  thought that Radio Shack itself has become satire... They mockingly  act
> like an electronics store.....
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> Just my  .02
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> Joe
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> Well, it was at one time.  There was a time when you could go in, ask  for 
> any electronic part you wanted or needed, and the store clerk immediately  knew 
> what you wanted.  He'd either show you where it was and what it was,  or order 
> it for you.  They also had in-store tube testers so you could  bring in your 
> radio or TV tubes and test them.  If you needed a new one,  you could get it 
> right there in the store.
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> Nowadays, Rat Trap is nothing more than an overpriced consumer-electronics  
> store.  You'd be hard-pressed to find an electronic component in one of  their 
> stores!  These days, you ask a clerk for a resistor, capacitor, or  rectifier, 
> and they have no idea what you are talking about!  
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> Paul Gray.
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