Why don't I learn
 

This is the second time in three weeks I went to Radio Shack for something
and they didn't have it.

1. was a speaker L pad
2. was a 300K PC pot and a 200K resisters.

Why don't I learn
 

Rich wrote:
This is the second time in three weeks I went to Radio Shack for something
and they didn't have it.

1. was a speaker L pad
2. was a 300K PC pot and a 200K resisters.


Why don't you go online first and (1) see if Radio Shack even carries
what you are looking for and (2) if they do, find the closest store that
has it in stock?

Why don't I learn
 

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:


"Rich" wrote in message
. ..
This is the second time in three weeks I went to Radio Shack for something
and they didn't have it.

1. was a speaker L pad
2. was a 300K PC pot and a 200K resisters.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

What's REALLY annoying is to get the part number, call up and ask if it's in
stock, be told yes, drive down there (21 miles each way) and be told sorry,
we don't have it. The computer was wrong.

After the fourth or fifth time this happened, no jury in the country would
convict me of what followed, I'm sure. :-)

Bill, W6WRT

Why don't I learn
 

It was on my list and I was in the mall.

Why don't I learn
 

Rich wrote:

This is the second time in three weeks I went to Radio Shack for something
and they didn't have it.

1. was a speaker L pad
2. was a 300K PC pot and a 200K resisters.






Radio Shack, you got questions (or parts) we got.............. DUH,
what that??
With sub-standred parts (experimental quality) and junk
98% of Radio Craps should go out of business. :o

Why don't I learn
 

Jack O'Neill wrote:

Radio Shack, you got questions (or parts) we got.............. DUH,
what that?? With sub-standred parts (experimental quality) and junk
98% of Radio Craps should go out of business. :o
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Radio Shack serves a purpose, but if you want good parts, go to Mouser
or Digi-Key. Wish either one had a store in my town.

Bill, W6WRT

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't Ilearn
 

(see quoted posts at end)

In the last year I've paid a lot more attention to what RS (RC!) has or
does not have in the line of parts. Around me are a little more than 1/2
dozen, and I've scanned through those 2-4 cubic yard drawers and more or
less memorized what they have, and where. Some places have zip, others are
not too bad.

You can get some catalogs by mailing to some of those addresses in the
back of QST that advertise parts/antique radio, etc.

Also, Newark is still in business (www.newark.com, I think, and you can
fill out an on-line form and get a very thick catalog in 1-2 months [you
can still get some tube-relevant parts, but its mostly solid-state only
these days]).

Also, maybe try your search engine. There is a rec.radio.amateur FAQ...I
don't recall if it had a source list, but that would be useful. Some
places are starting to charge outrageous prices for stuff (transformers
that used to be $10-15 a few years ago are now $40-60 and they are still
surplus!!). Me, I'm kludging together what I need by connecting,
back-to-back, things like filament transformers to get B+, etc.

I grew up on kits, soldering irons, and making your own stuff. Now, I
wonder...do you have to go to a 3rd world country to get parts? (India,
China, Russia? [I even wonder if the kids over there make things? Or, did
they just leap into solid state, and throw-away-society mindsets like we
have here in the US?]).

W4PON

===== no change to below, included for reference and context =====

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, Jack O'Neill wrote:

Rich wrote:

This is the second time in three weeks I went to Radio Shack for something
and they didn't have it.

1. was a speaker L pad
2. was a 300K PC pot and a 200K resisters.





Radio Shack, you got questions (or parts) we got.............. DUH, what
that??
With sub-standred parts (experimental quality) and junk
98% of Radio Craps should go out of business. :o

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

In the last year I've paid a lot more attention to what RS (RC!) has or
does not have in the line of parts. Around me are a little more than 1/2
dozen, and I've scanned through those 2-4 cubic yard drawers and more or
less memorized what they have, and where. Some places have zip, others are
not too bad.


You might as well forget these losers... They forgot their roots and
how they got to where they are now (well all except for the screwing
the customer part). When i started going to RS - WHEN it was a Radio
Shack in the 70's, they had already begun the "phase out chips that
don't sell" policy. I have tons of the older stuff that i got free!!!
I made friends with a manager in South Jersey and whenever he'd "throw
out" a product number he'd call me. As for now. eBay has supplied me
with most of my parts believe it or not!

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

Big Rich Soprano wrote:

You might as well forget these losers... They forgot their roots and
how they got to where they are now (well all except for the screwing
the customer part). When i started going to RS - WHEN it was a Radio
Shack in the 70's, they had already begun the "phase out chips that
don't sell" policy. I have tons of the older stuff that i got free!!!
I made friends with a manager in South Jersey and whenever he'd "throw
out" a product number he'd call me. As for now. eBay has supplied me
with most of my parts believe it or not!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If you think about the trouble it is to stock hundreds of bags with a
couple of parts in each, it's a wonder RS stays in the parts business
at all. I wouldn't.

Bill, W6WRT

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don'tI learn
 

So how about all the other stores that sell hundreds of 1,000 of items ?
If everyone thought like that then about all that anyone would be
selling are $100,000 items that have a big mark up. With companies like
Mouser, RS really doesn't need to be in the parts business anyway but
it is nice that they keep a few of the small items.

Bill Turner wrote:

Big Rich Soprano wrote:


You might as well forget these losers... They forgot their roots and
how they got to where they are now (well all except for the screwing
the customer part). When i started going to RS - WHEN it was a Radio
Shack in the 70's, they had already begun the "phase out chips that
don't sell" policy. I have tons of the older stuff that i got free!!!
I made friends with a manager in South Jersey and whenever he'd "throw
out" a product number he'd call me. As for now. eBay has supplied me
with most of my parts believe it or not!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If you think about the trouble it is to stock hundreds of bags with a
couple of parts in each, it's a wonder RS stays in the parts business
at all. I wouldn't.

Bill, W6WRT

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

Ron wrote:

So how about all the other stores that sell hundreds of 1,000 of
items ?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The other stores sell thousands of small items to thousands of
customers. Radio Shack's customer base for small parts is miniscule by
comparison. How many of the people on your block need a 10k resistor?
How many need toothpaste?

Mr Bill

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

If you think about the trouble it is to stock hundreds of bags with a
couple of parts in each, it's a wonder RS stays in the parts business
at all. I wouldn't.


Well as i said - they started that way - THAT'S the way they should
be! Now we go to the higher priced electronics houses...

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

The other stores sell thousands of small items to thousands of
customers. Radio Shack's customer base for small parts is miniscule by
comparison.


Because they stopped selling those items - duh...

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

Big Rich Soprano wrote:

The other stores sell thousands of small items to thousands of
customers. Radio Shack's customer base for small parts is miniscule
by comparison.


Because they stopped selling those items - duh...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I've read and re-read your statement and it still makes no sense. Who
is "they"? Radio Shack? They have not stopped selling those items.
Their shelves are full of them and that's what amazes me.

Mr Bill

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

I've read and re-read your statement and it still makes no sense. Who
is "they"? Radio Shack? They have not stopped selling those items.
Their shelves are full of them and that's what amazes me.


You're kiddin right?


THEY being Radio Shock - A Dandy Company
THOSE ITEMS being the ic chips, capacitors, resistors et al...



-sidebar-


Which reminds me, has anyone seen a Tandy Leather Company store
lately? I have about 60 of the leather tools and nothing to "tool".

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

Big Rich Soprano wrote:

I've read and re-read your statement and it still makes no sense.
Who is "they"? Radio Shack? They have not stopped selling those
items. Their shelves are full of them and that's what amazes me.


You're kiddin right?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nope. Lots of shelves with lots of parts at my local (Yucca Valley, CA)
Radio Shack. That's why I don't understand your comment about them
stopping sales.

Mr Bill

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

"Bill Turner" wrote in message
...
Big Rich Soprano wrote:

I've read and re-read your statement and it still makes no sense.
Who is "they"? Radio Shack? They have not stopped selling those
items. Their shelves are full of them and that's what amazes me.


You're kiddin right?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nope. Lots of shelves with lots of parts at my local (Yucca Valley, CA)
Radio Shack. That's why I don't understand your comment about them
stopping sales.

Mr Bill

Yours must have a lot of NOS. Most of the company stores did indeed stop
stocking parts, and allowed the displays to die by attrition, some time ago.
Much of the old stock is still available (for the time being) via
e-ordering.

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

In my local RS today and was informed that sometime in the "first part of
this year" all company owned RS stores will discontinue the parts inventory.
The independent RS stores (which mine is) will continue to stock component
parts.

--

Charlie-AD5TH
www.deepsouthnet.net


"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
...

"Bill Turner" wrote in message
...
Big Rich Soprano wrote:

I've read and re-read your statement and it still makes no sense.
Who is "they"? Radio Shack? They have not stopped selling those
items. Their shelves are full of them and that's what amazes me.


You're kiddin right?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nope. Lots of shelves with lots of parts at my local (Yucca Valley, CA)
Radio Shack. That's why I don't understand your comment about them
stopping sales.

Mr Bill

Yours must have a lot of NOS. Most of the company stores did indeed stop
stocking parts, and allowed the displays to die by attrition, some time
ago. Much of the old stock is still available (for the time being) via
e-ordering.

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

Nope. Lots of shelves with lots of parts at my local (Yucca Valley, CA)
Radio Shack. That's why I don't understand your comment about them
stopping sales.


Ok then - might i add congratulations!!! Now, ask the manager how long
these items are going to be there. From what my 3 local managers say,
all electronic parts have been or are being phased out over here.

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

In my local RS today and was informed that sometime in the "first part of
this year" all company owned RS stores will discontinue the parts inventory.
The independent RS stores (which mine is) will continue to stock component
parts.


That's the type i'd like to find but alas all of the stores in my area
are company stores...

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

Mouser has no "Minumum Order", all the extra you will pay is shipping,
which would probaby be less than gas. I order On-Line when its
convenient and the stuff shows up at my door! Doesnt get much easier
than that! And they do have thousands of parts!

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

I'm a n RS manager and it's true, that some of the mall stores have stopped
carrying a lot of the smaller parts. My company store which is in a suburb
of Cincinnati still carries ic's, and lots of smaller parts including
resistors.

TM
RS4639

"Straydog" wrote in message
x.com...

(see quoted posts at end)

In the last year I've paid a lot more attention to what RS (RC!) has or
does not have in the line of parts. Around me are a little more than 1/2
dozen, and I've scanned through those 2-4 cubic yard drawers and more or
less memorized what they have, and where. Some places have zip, others are
not too bad.

You can get some catalogs by mailing to some of those addresses in the
back of QST that advertise parts/antique radio, etc.

Also, Newark is still in business (www.newark.com, I think, and you can
fill out an on-line form and get a very thick catalog in 1-2 months [you
can still get some tube-relevant parts, but its mostly solid-state only
these days]).

Also, maybe try your search engine. There is a rec.radio.amateur FAQ...I
don't recall if it had a source list, but that would be useful. Some
places are starting to charge outrageous prices for stuff (transformers
that used to be $10-15 a few years ago are now $40-60 and they are still
surplus!!). Me, I'm kludging together what I need by connecting,
back-to-back, things like filament transformers to get B+, etc.

I grew up on kits, soldering irons, and making your own stuff. Now, I
wonder...do you have to go to a 3rd world country to get parts? (India,
China, Russia? [I even wonder if the kids over there make things? Or, did
they just leap into solid state, and throw-away-society mindsets like we
have here in the US?]).

W4PON

===== no change to below, included for reference and context =====

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, Jack O'Neill wrote:

Rich wrote:

This is the second time in three weeks I went to Radio Shack for
something
and they didn't have it.

1. was a speaker L pad
2. was a 300K PC pot and a 200K resisters.





Radio Shack, you got questions (or parts) we got.............. DUH,
what
that??
With sub-standred parts (experimental quality) and junk
98% of Radio Craps should go out of business. :o

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

As an aside and depending where you live it might be a viable option in the
future to order your "discontinued" components at www.radioshack.com
Here in Mississippi it is only a 2 day UPS Ground delay from Ft Worth Texas
(Tandy Corp.) and my front door. Shipping is reasonable at $5.50 and after
$50 it's free.

--

Charlie-AD5TH
www.deepsouthnet.net


"Tom" wrote in message
. ..
I'm a n RS manager and it's true, that some of the mall stores have
stopped
carrying a lot of the smaller parts. My company store which is in a suburb
of Cincinnati still carries ic's, and lots of smaller parts including
resistors.

TM
RS4639

"Straydog" wrote in message
x.com...

(see quoted posts at end)

In the last year I've paid a lot more attention to what RS (RC!) has or
does not have in the line of parts. Around me are a little more than 1/2
dozen, and I've scanned through those 2-4 cubic yard drawers and more or
less memorized what they have, and where. Some places have zip, others
are
not too bad.

You can get some catalogs by mailing to some of those addresses in the
back of QST that advertise parts/antique radio, etc.

Also, Newark is still in business (www.newark.com, I think, and you can
fill out an on-line form and get a very thick catalog in 1-2 months [you
can still get some tube-relevant parts, but its mostly solid-state only
these days]).

Also, maybe try your search engine. There is a rec.radio.amateur FAQ...I
don't recall if it had a source list, but that would be useful. Some
places are starting to charge outrageous prices for stuff (transformers
that used to be $10-15 a few years ago are now $40-60 and they are still
surplus!!). Me, I'm kludging together what I need by connecting,
back-to-back, things like filament transformers to get B+, etc.

I grew up on kits, soldering irons, and making your own stuff. Now, I
wonder...do you have to go to a 3rd world country to get parts? (India,
China, Russia? [I even wonder if the kids over there make things? Or, did
they just leap into solid state, and throw-away-society mindsets like we
have here in the US?]).

W4PON

===== no change to below, included for reference and context =====

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, Jack O'Neill wrote:

Rich wrote:

This is the second time in three weeks I went to Radio Shack for
something
and they didn't have it.

1. was a speaker L pad
2. was a 300K PC pot and a 200K resisters.





Radio Shack, you got questions (or parts) we got.............. DUH,
what
that??
With sub-standred parts (experimental quality) and junk
98% of Radio Craps should go out of business. :o

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

Mouser has no "Minumum Order", all the extra you will pay is shipping,
which would probaby be less than gas. I order On-Line when its
convenient and the stuff shows up at my door! Doesnt get much easier
than that! And they do have thousands of parts!


Oh i forgot about them... Thanks TimBob!..

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

I'm a n RS manager and it's true, that some of the mall stores have stopped
carrying a lot of the smaller parts. My company store which is in a suburb
of Cincinnati still carries ic's, and lots of smaller parts including
resistors.


Cool but for how long? - by the way, i love the as is where is
sales!..

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

You have obviously never visited any of the 4 Radio Shack Stores near here!

If it's not a Cell Phone, Computer part or an entertainment center item, you
might as well shop at a surplus store.

Radio Shack barely even carries radios anymore let alone solid state
components.

"Bill Turner" wrote in message
...
Big Rich Soprano wrote:

The other stores sell thousands of small items to thousands of
customers. Radio Shack's customer base for small parts is miniscule
by comparison.


Because they stopped selling those items - duh...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I've read and re-read your statement and it still makes no sense. Who
is "they"? Radio Shack? They have not stopped selling those items.
Their shelves are full of them and that's what amazes me.

Mr Bill

Radio Shack's diminishing parts offerings....was: Why don't I learn
 

Try sattvrepair.com
click on electronic parts and used equip lings for:
Electrolytic Caps, radial and axial, 85 deg and 105 deg
ICs
new and used stuff

and more
even a Collins S Line.....


"Straydog" wrote in message
x.com...

(see quoted posts at end)

In the last year I've paid a lot more attention to what RS (RC!) has or
does not have in the line of parts. Around me are a little more than 1/2
dozen, and I've scanned through those 2-4 cubic yard drawers and more or
less memorized what they have, and where. Some places have zip, others are
not too bad.

You can get some catalogs by mailing to some of those addresses in the
back of QST that advertise parts/antique radio, etc.

Also, Newark is still in business (www.newark.com, I think, and you can
fill out an on-line form and get a very thick catalog in 1-2 months [you
can still get some tube-relevant parts, but its mostly solid-state only
these days]).

Also, maybe try your search engine. There is a rec.radio.amateur FAQ...I
don't recall if it had a source list, but that would be useful. Some
places are starting to charge outrageous prices for stuff (transformers
that used to be $10-15 a few years ago are now $40-60 and they are still
surplus!!). Me, I'm kludging together what I need by connecting,
back-to-back, things like filament transformers to get B+, etc.

I grew up on kits, soldering irons, and making your own stuff. Now, I
wonder...do you have to go to a 3rd world country to get parts? (India,
China, Russia? [I even wonder if the kids over there make things? Or, did
they just leap into solid state, and throw-away-society mindsets like we
have here in the US?]).

W4PON

===== no change to below, included for reference and context =====

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, Jack O'Neill wrote:

Rich wrote:

This is the second time in three weeks I went to Radio Shack for
something
and they didn't have it.

1. was a speaker L pad
2. was a 300K PC pot and a 200K resisters.




Radio Shack, you got questions (or parts) we got.............. DUH,
what that??
With sub-standred parts (experimental quality) and junk
98% of Radio Craps should go out of business. :o