"Sam Byrams" wrote in message
om...
Anyone with the merest knowledge of DC Electrical Fundamentals can go
into about any Radio Shack company store and be in a position to
tech-slam the employees. Radio Shack has pursued a policy of not
hiring electronics people for decades, they have remained to the small
extent that they are in the electronic parts, tools, books, and 'test
equipment'for image purposes and I have been repeatedly told as much
by Radio Shack management.

Radio Shack is a cancer on the ass of all electronics hobbies and all
electronics professionals, what few remain.

They should be stripped of their image by persistently and
consistently reminding the technically less knowledgeable that "real
nerds won't set a foot in there". Radio Shack's death would be a good
thing IMO.


I don't understand this attitude towards RS at all. If you don't like it,
don't buy from them. You now have a zillion alternatives right through the
internet.

Then again, you may actually be the type of guy that walks into Best Buy or
Circuit City and actually relies on the snot-nosed salesperson knowing all
about TVs and giving you advice on which to buy. It's a self-serve world out
there now. If you want premium service, you'll have to pay extra for it and
buy from a smaller shop in which you can get help. But you'll pay more for
it.

"Sam Byrams" wrote in message

I don't understand this attitude towards RS at all. If you don't like it,
don't buy from them. You now have a zillion alternatives right through the
internet.

Not on Sunday afternoon when the transmitter is down and the boss is screaming
at you and you're trying to explain to the man that you want an XLR plug with
four pins, and not three, and he's telling you that nobody uses XLR plugs any
more.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
...
"Sam Byrams" wrote in message

I don't understand this attitude towards RS at all. If you don't like it,
don't buy from them. You now have a zillion alternatives right through
the
internet.

Not on Sunday afternoon when the transmitter is down and the boss is
screaming
at you and you're trying to explain to the man that you want an XLR plug
with
four pins, and not three, and he's telling you that nobody uses XLR plugs
any
more.
--scott

That's your fault for not having backup parts in the first place....and
besides - why not just look around yourself. Radio Shacks aren't that big -
ignore the sales guy and just find the plug yourself.

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 04:42:21 GMT, "mark"
wrote:

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
...
"Sam Byrams" wrote in message

I don't understand this attitude towards RS at all. If you don't like it,
don't buy from them. You now have a zillion alternatives right through
the
internet.

Not on Sunday afternoon when the transmitter is down and the boss is
screaming
at you and you're trying to explain to the man that you want an XLR plug
with
four pins, and not three, and he's telling you that nobody uses XLR plugs
any
more.
--scott

That's your fault for not having backup parts in the first place....and
besides - why not just look around yourself. Radio Shacks aren't that big -
ignore the sales guy and just find the plug yourself.


Go to the desk and RTFCatalog.

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:02:56 -0400, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Not on Sunday afternoon when the transmitter is down and the boss is
screaming at you and you're trying to explain to the man that you want an
XLR plug with four pins, and not three, and he's telling you that nobody
uses XLR plugs any more.

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phone that sens two copies
of /etc/termcap with every
digital message? We have
those!''