Yeah. I remember when I spoke with a RS employee
who'd become a manager after I'd left,
he was talking about all the perks and other items
adding up to around 35k a year. This was in the
mid/late 90's. When I was working there 5-7 years
earlier, they used to tell managers the same thing
(even the same dollar amount). When the tech
bubble came along around that time, was there
any wonder that the people who were tech savvy
would skip on a Radio Shack and go straight to
an IT position at another company?

When I was there, I knew managers and full time
employees who had been there since the 70's, who
had actually built an Tandy Model 1, and were
clamoring for things like more ham equipment,
better electronics stuff, and more audio and video
component materials for cars. Those guys and their
expertise are long gone, as the emphasis at RS has
long since changed.

--Mike L.


"Billy Smith" wrote in message
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Let me guess, and they'll want an MBA level manager and pay them
less rather
than getting a qualified electronics person who has knowledge of
electronics
and that sort of subject matter

"Michael Lawson" wrote in message
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"Billy Smith" wrote in message
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Getting away from your niche market has killed a lot of
businesses
over the
years. Look at the spectacle when Coca Cola came out with the new
Coke in
1985 or so. I remember the outcry about that. You still have some
pretty
good shortwave radio outfits that cater to hams and shortwave
listeners. But
in general consumer electronics are good to buy from say Circuit
City, Best
Buy or even some smaller outfits when it comes to customer
service.

I find that Mouser, Newark, and sometimes even Allied even though
it
is own
by Radio Shack are good places to get parts. But go to a Radio
Shack
and ask
about capacitors, resistors, or diodes, etc. You'll get the duh
look
and
it's best to move along!

If you're lucky, you'll get an old timer as a manager who
knows his stuff, but that's more and more the exception
rather than the rule. When I worked there (a 8 month
stint in 91-92), they were starting to emphasize the need
for MBAs as managers.

--Mike L.


"MnMikew" wrote in message
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"Billy Smith" wrote in
message
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I'll tell you a personal story. A few years ago I went in
there
to look
at
one of the shortwave radios they had as an offering. As many
of
you know,
they used to sell Sangean radios stamped with the Radio Shack
brand.
Anyway,
So I went in and asked a salesperson if a particular brand has
SSB
capability. He said "Yes, it does." Well I took a better look
at
the
radio
and did not see a switch for SSB or a button. Came back home
and
researched
the model number and nothing of the sort came up. If you do
buy
anything
there, it is best to know what you want and go get it. Because
otherwise
their help isn't much good. It is a shame too considering they
were once
a
well thought up company. Say 30 years ago and more.

I was looking at the Pro-96 scanners at xmas at the local rat
shack. Asked
if they could pgm one for me right there, duhhhhh. Then he went
off on how
old my dig. camera was and I needed a new one. sheese. They
cant
compete
with the best buys and circut cities, they should go back to
their
roots,
radios and lectronics.