And we only have ourselves to blame. How many of
us, Licensed Amateurs, not members of this group,
but individuals who hold a license, know one end
of a soldering iron form another. Radio Shack is
a BigBoard listed corporation. The Board of
Directors has a responsibility to increase
shareholder wealth. Those of us that do build
something, have other places to buy where we can
get it cheaper, and we do most of our shopping at
that source. Then comes the need for a 48.5 ohm
2.5 watt resistor NOW. We race to Rat Shack, and
then when such a "common" item is not available
bad mouth them. If they sold more components they
would carry more components. They carry a bunch
of them now, there just not hung on the wall
anymore. The parts are in 8 drawer cabinets,
depending on what the store sold in parts prior to
the conversion, about ten months ago the stores
have 4 or 8 of these cabinets. There is a lot of
stuff not in the store that they can get for you.
All you have to do is ask. The quote 10 working
day delivery (better to over deliver than over
promise). In my experience delivery time for the
non-stock item is two to three days. I don't work
there anymore, but I still shop there, and will
continue to.

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73 es cul

wb3fup
a Salty Bear

"Tweetldee" wrote in message
...
Well, I guess the death knell has sounded for
the Shack as a source for
experimenter and hobbyist parts. I went into a
relatively new store (open
less than a year) today to get a few resistors
that I need in a hurry. What
did I find? Not a resistor, capacitor,
transistor, IC, switch, fuse, or
anything that would be considered an electronic
component was to be found.
They had all kinds of TV coax, TV connectors,
cell phones, home phones,
phone accessories, satellite TV equipment,
expensive toys, and a few stereo
"systems", but but not an electronic component
in sight. They had wire,
solder, soldering irons, and such, but nothing
to solder the wires to. They
don't even carry the small project boxes any
more.
They're looking more like the electronics
section in WalMart every day.
Ooops, I take that back... the Shack's prices
are 40-100% above what you'll
pay for the same item at WalMart.

Adios Radio Shack !! RIP

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