It's amazing how so many (countless) buyers of Radio Shack scanners
complain about "bad" experiences at Radio Shack ie...."they only want
to sell cell phones in order to get that all important % of the
sale"....."Radio Shack employees do not know anything about their
scanners"...."why don't Radio Shack employees program my scanner or why
don't Radio shack employees show me how to program my scanner" and on,
and on, and on............
Yet these people still walk out of the store with that Brand New
Scanner they purchased KNOWING that they will have to program their
scanners when they get their new scanner home.
When you but a car, does the car sales people teach you how to drive
that car you purchased?
When you go to the library, does the librarian ask you if you can read?
The answers to these questions is Almost Always no, yet that does not
stop people from completing these tasks. There is so much "How To"
information on the WWW. that a search will not help you get started
with the info needed to program your scanner. Not to mention the 10's
of scanner groups (pro-97 yahoo group, pro-96 yahoo group,
rec.radio.scaner group) where you can first search the archives, and
then ask questions if need be. Then there are the scanner programs
(Win96, Win97, scan cat etc..).
I think that new 1st time scanner owners get their scanner home, remove
it from it's box, and expect to "Fire" the scanner up and to
immediately hear the areas they want to scan. I know that few to
almost none of the first time owners read the manual, with their
scanner next to them, page by page to try to learn about their new
scanner, and when they hit a subject they can't quite understand, they
keep on reading (if that) instead of trying to understand with
resources at hand, before going forward in the manual. And then there
are the pages on the WWW with step by step reworking of the manual,
easy for the first time owner to program their scanner.....but then
they may not totally understand what/why they are doing these certain
steps.
Instead of bitching and moaning about Radio Shack, use that energy and
the resources givin' to you towards making your purchase of your Radio
Shack scanner a Great, Worthwhile experience!! There must be a REASON
WHY you purchased that Radio Shack scanner, even after reading all this
"RAT SHACK " Crap.
Take the time to learn about your Great new Scanner and enjoy it
instead of placing blame.
Happy & Healthy New Year to You & Yours !!!;
daviddd
just my $0.02 cents