[Coco] [OT} Shack: was Re: Coco keyboard trouble

[Sean]

I miss the Superman and Wiz Kids comic books!

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Steve Batson
<steve at batsonphotography.com> wrote:
> Really Sad....I used to enjoy going into Radio Shack and looking around and
> I'd occassionally go to buy parts for projects. Been along time though
> because of their changes. I agree with your guess about their future Steve.
> What's really sad, is many other companies have been going down the tubes
> as well as they've taken their eyes and focus off of the products and
> services that made them a success.
>
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> From: "Steve Bjork" <6809er at srbsoftware.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 5:30 PM
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] [OT} Shack: was Re: Coco keyboard trouble
>
> The Great Radio Shack you known decades ago is a shadow of a once great
> Tandy company.
>
> First of all, the Tandy Company is known as Radio Shack because they
> sold everything else off. Any Tandy technology is mostly owned by
> Samsung now.
>
> Most of the money the Stores make is from Cell Phones.
> The only reason they carries anything is to get you in the door so they
> can sell you a phone.
>
> I once worked for Radio Shack when they first released the TRS-80 to
> help out a Store Manager. During the time, I got to know Tandy and how
> it works. They knew how everything in the store work to keep people
> coming back for more. Oh they may not make money on T.V. tubes, but
> having them made for great custom traffic.
>
> A few years back, I took another job at a Radio Shack store to help with
> the Xmas rush. Those short weeks were an eye opener. The store was all
> about what they can get out of the custom on that visit because they may
> never come back. (And nothing was done to make that customer a
> repeat-customer.) In my opinion, I can't see how they will it another
> decade.
>
> On 1/16/2012 2:37 PM, Mark McDougall wrote:
>> On 17/01/2012 2:51 AM, Steven Hirsch wrote:
>>
>>> I think Radio Shack also sells them.
>>
>> I recently visited Radio Shack (in Honolulu) - the first time I have
>> ever set foot in a Radio Shack in the US (that I can recall).
>>
>> In Australia the stores have degenerated into generic electronic goods
>> retailers, selling computers, TVs and DVD players and phones. You'd be
>> SOL trying to buy a resistor or 555 - but there's still a selection of
>> (pre-packaged) cables, adapters and even a few soldering irons,
>> meters, etc.
>>
>> I was shocked, however, to see the Honolulu store was almost
>> *exclusively* mobile phones! Phones, SIM cards, batteries and the
>> obligatory thousand different face-plates and carry cases. Barely
>> anything that wasn't phone-related!
>>
>> Funny thing is, I've been jokingly describing Radio Shack as a 'mobile
>> phone store' for years now. I didn't realise how true that was until I
>> walked into this store. Are all the stores in the US like that? Or is
>> Honolulu the exception rather than the rule?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>
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