jfond Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa060217_wz_radioshack.36dc2451.html Electronics retailer RadioShack Corp said it plans to close 400 to 700 underperforming stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayhaysay Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 That doesn't suprise me. Around here, the only time Radio Shack is even worth going into is ono Black Friday. I can find everything that Radio Shack has alot sheaper somewhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misshayley Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 That doesn't suprise me. Around here, the only time Radio Shack is even worth going into is ono Black Friday. I can find everything that Radio Shack has alot sheaper somewhere else.I have to agree with you on this. I have never gone to Radio Shack except for on Black Friday. Is there a list somewhere of the stores that will be closing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corporate Gal Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 When I was a kid there was no Best Buy or its kin in our suburb so my father used to go to Radio Shack for a certain type of watch battery. The store was always deserted. He never bought appliances there though- always trekked to Circuit City for that. I'm amazed Radio Shack stayed in business this long as the stores always look dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labgeek Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 None of the stores I worked at while I was in college was dead... Heck on Saturdays, we'd have 4 or 5 people working and a line waiting to check out. And I was always at some of the smaller stores... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 The one closest to me is usually busy, but they have the RS name only (Independently owned) so they sell higher end electronics than 99% of radio shacks. They are still the only place I can find components locally (resistors, capacitors, switches...that sort of geek thing) but otherwise, everything they sell is cheaper somewhere else. Unless of course you WANT to buy Optimus car speakers or some other garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 With the KB Toys, Toys R Us, Compusa, and now Radio Shack closing news..... We are woefully edging closer to a walmart owned world. (especially with the news WM will sell high end electronics to compete with BB and CC), ugh, the end is near...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugsette Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 oh wow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkripper001 Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Radio Shack went down hill when they did away with free monthly battery cards, free yearly catalogs, a free monthly catalog subcription that you did not have to buy some thing every month to get. they moved to a stand alone store where i am at a long time ago and i have never went in since that move. black friday was not even all that for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBob Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 RS used to be a fairly decent place to get common electronic parts and other gadgets for the electronics hobbyist. The staff in the stores was fairly knowledgeable about basic electronics. That was in the 1970's on into the early 1980's. Then RS started drifting away from the hobbyist market and focussed on the computer, cell phone, telephone, and electronic "appliance" markets. The staff went downhill quickly. They seldom had answers to even my simplest questions or requests. Lots of blank stares is what I usually got. I asked them to find a fuse holder for me a few weeks ago and they got out a box of automotive fuses and said that they came with a free fuse holder -- the box they came in! The stories are endless. There used to be a web site that collected RS horror stories but I haven't looked at it lately ... it was a mix of funny stories, overselling attempts, and stories of RS clerks endangering customer safety with their faulty advice. I use RS as a "supplier of last resort" and only when I absolutely have to have something that actually might be in stock. Their prices are always 2-5 times higher than other suppliers for even the simplest components. And the quality is often questionable. So ... why are we shocked and amazed that RS is closing stores? It's been coming on for a long time and most of us in the electronics world knew it was inevitable. I'm betting that this batch of closures is only the beginning of the slide into oblivion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCBGirl Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnainKY02 Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 If anyone finds a list of the store that are closing let me know. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misshayley Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 If anyone finds a list of the store that are closing let me know.Thanks.I would also like to see a list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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