I was a Radio Shack manager back in the early 70's, wish I had kept one of
those ashtrays. I gave out thousands of those flashlights and there was
absolutely no purchase required. If they made you buy batteries they were
scammers and would have lost their jobs for it. The idea was to get you in
the store and look around at the Hi-Fi or radios, not to sell 5 D cells. By
the way the cops really liked them , maybe because the batteries lasted
longer than the 2 cell jobs.
"patgkz" wrote in message
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Man, you're bringing back memories with that RadShack
battery/ashtray.....hope you find one.

I remember those funky ashtrays and the fact that you could smoke freely
inside the stores back then. Most retail establishments had ashtrays
placed
in aisles and such. People would walk around puffing and dropping
clinkers
inside stereo's, on top of displays....what a mess! Little kids would
kick
over the ashtrays, and that crappy white sand would be a mess on the
floor.

What ever happened to the good old days?

BTW, I was at a hamfest this Summer and passed up one of those Shack
"free"
5-cell flashlights (all the flyers had a coupon for this item to draw in
the
unsuspecting fools - - - little did they know that they had to purchase
five
D batteries while in the store to get the darned thing lit).

Ahhhhh, vintage Radio Shack.



"M. Kassay" wrote in message
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Hi,
Im looking for any old Radio Shack Science fair kits...

Im also looking for one of those old Radio Shack floor Battery
ashtray/garbage cans that they use to sell back in '78

if you have anything that might interest me, pls send me an
Email.
--
73 Mike