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[Rez]

RIP brick'n'mortar electronic components.  The ones in my area of the country still carried some of that stuff.

[acetech09]

I work with a Chinese factory manager who has personally overseen the assembly of over 3 million Radioshack RC toys.

His words on the news?

"It's about time."

[Bouchart]

Shake Shack should buy the abandoned Radio Shack stores.  They can save a lot of money on signage that way.

[ChrisLeJohn]

Last time I went to radio shack was in 1932.

Back when they carried daguerreotype supplies and Laudnum. And they don't carry that stuff anymore!

Also this is a story I'm glad is coming to a conclusion. Been hearing about their financial troubles for years, to the surprise of exactly no one, to the interest of no one except their stockholders and maybe some vengeful CEO at Best Buy.

Anyways, next up, Best Buy! There's a store I've still been to in the last 20 years that has routinely disappointed me more every time. I had to go to Office Deport to buy monitor adapters, because I'm pretty sure Best Buy carries nothing but TVs, Stereo stuff, Laptops, Phones and Tablets now. Oh, and a sad sack offering of video games and movies too.

Best Buy I think still has the consumer grade no frills computer thing cornered.  And fridges?  Or would that be Sears?  They aren't doing too hot either.

[Xantalos]

Radio ... Shack? You must be mistaken, radios are not peasants.

[Zrk2]

Now where will I go to buy Tandy computers and overpriced remote control cars?

Shake Shack should buy the abandoned Radio Shack stores.  They can save a lot of money on signage that way.

I've never seen a more masterfully selected avatar than yours, Bouchart.

But seriously. I've been to Radioshack several times, and I don't remember ever buying something there.

[Gunner-Chan]

I remember going into Radioshack several times when I was younger, but I don't remember buying anything more than a single soldering iron.

The one we had here has been closed for at least a decade so I have no idea what they were like after that.

[Gentlefish]

I think this really sucks. I applied for the one in my town, though it is locally owned so it may remain open.

Mine still sells all the DIY electronics, and has some really helpful people who look at all sorts of electronics to fix them up - I would have been dead in the water when it came to my computer problems without them.

So I really hope mine stays open.

[SquatchHammer]

In the end, they said it themselves...

fixed....

[penguinofhonor]

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[Neonivek]

Dang the 80s were awesome.

Seriously what did the 00s have?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I'd like RadioShack if not for the extremely overbearing employees. It must be training, because they all hound me whenever I'm there.

I actually went to a RadioShack with a friend a few days ago to kill some time before dinner. They had flip-phones. Major brand flip-phones. It was surreal. They also have their own brand of batteries, lots of remote-controlled devices, and spools of copper wire. My friend bought an Otter phone casing.

So yeah. It's kind of a shame, because I think RadioShack could have survived despite the whole "RadioShack exists as a leisure store and Americans no longer have leisure" line. They could have become the drone emporium! They could have sold the cutting edge! But no.

[Bouchart]

I'd like RadioShack if not for the extremely overbearing employees. It must be training, because they all hound me whenever I'm there.

Obviously they were lonely, since they didn't have many customers.

[MaximumZero]

Yet another of my former employers bites the dust. Maybe I'm cursed or something.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Dang the 80s were awesome.

Seriously what did the 00s have?

The first release of Dwarf Fortress and the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan?

Edit: Putting it like that makes it sound like there's a correlation between them...

Yet another of my former employers bites the dust. Maybe I'm cursed or something.

How much would it cost to get you to work at Comcast and/or the Government?