Go Back   RCCrawler Forums > Miscellaneous > Chit Chat
Loading

Notices

Thread: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-05-2015, 04:10 PM   #1
RCC Addict
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Oreganastan
Posts: 1,151
Default Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

Radioshack Is Going Bankrupt – LewRockwell.com

Winning!

Tiger Blood!
Dostradamas is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Old 02-05-2015, 04:13 PM   #2
Quarry Creeper
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: The land of snow
Posts: 312
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

we lost radio shack in canada years ago now, and it sucks... The Source is garbage. I miss radio shack :(
street.terror is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 05:04 PM   #3
~THE SCALE SHOP~
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: KILLEEN TX
Posts: 10,056
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

sad.

all kids care about now days is there phones. the world is changing. not in a good way.
STANG KILLA SS is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 05:08 PM   #4
RCC Addict
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Oreganastan
Posts: 1,151
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

Quote:
Originally Posted by STANG KILLA SS View Post
sad.

all kids care about now days is there phones. the world is changing. not in a good way.
Indeed sir.

Not as cool as they were when I was a kid but they have their place for me.

I remember the awe inspiring visits. Radio shack was the first step on my way to my first Tamiya.

Radio shack and Tyco got me hooked long before I knew what was decent.
Dostradamas is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 05:22 PM   #5
MODERATOR™
 
EeePee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ohio
Posts: 18,928
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

Wonder what they'll do with the millions of alkaline battery bricks they rarely if ever sold. Or all those resistors that are way out spec.
EeePee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 06:39 PM   #6
Suck it up!
 
Duuuuuuuude's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 11,652
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

Or the 7mm leds...


I still remember the very first vcr my parents bought...an Optimus from Radio Shack...
Duuuuuuuude is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 07:40 PM   #7
Rock Crawler
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Casper
Posts: 620
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

Now where the hell am I gonna find solder and flux on a Sunday?
KJ10 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 08:09 PM   #8
RCC Addict
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Calgary - in the Great White North
Posts: 1,373
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

Quote:
Originally Posted by street.terror View Post
we lost radio shack in canada years ago now, and it sucks... The Source is garbage. I miss radio shack :(
Terror, check out Active Electronics in Edmonton. 6029 103rd Street North West. Way better than The Source.

Last edited by Tossedman; 02-05-2015 at 08:11 PM.
Tossedman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 08:53 PM   #9
RCC Addict
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: somewhere near Los Angeles...or a city looking thingy.
Posts: 1,122
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

Good thing I have a Fry's some what close.
OTHGbronco82 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 09:12 PM   #10
Rock Crawler
 
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Upland
Posts: 901
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

Wow. Our Radio Shacks have been moving to smaller stores and the one in the mall just left after Christmas.

I bought my last kilo of solder there. I have had it for over a year this time.

I think RadioShack was being held up by cell phone sales, actually. They were selling phones outright without contract.
z50king is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 09:14 PM   #11
Newbie
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: san diego
Posts: 8
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

over 1k in RS stores are going to stay around. they will be owned by sprint and they will still sell RS products.
Rum_Runner is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 09:17 PM   #12
Rock Crawler
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: San Diego
Posts: 698
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

Quote:
Originally Posted by OTHGbronco82 View Post
Good thing I have a Fry's some what close.
It's like Radio Shack for today :P
opek is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 09:21 PM   #13
RCC Addict
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Token's life matters
Posts: 1,836
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

I read an interesting article this morning about this. They essentially alienated the base of customers who were tinkering and tried to become a cell phone store, and alienated the cell phone companies by not only wanting money for selling, but also a monthly fee when the customers paid the bills. I tried to go there a few times, and when they wanted $18.95 for a single watch battery, I ordered a pack of 5 Renata batteries from Amazon for $7 free shipping.
The Violator is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 09:47 PM   #14
Rock Crawler
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Vermont
Posts: 501
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

Project Boxes are going to be the new New Bright JKs.
KillerBlackbird is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 10:15 PM   #15
RCC Addict
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: somewhere near Los Angeles...or a city looking thingy.
Posts: 1,122
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

Just google project box. There are tons of results.
OTHGbronco82 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 10:51 PM   #16
RCC Addict
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SSF
Posts: 1,614
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

Quote:
Originally Posted by OTHGbronco82 View Post
Good thing I have a Fry's some what close.
Hell, I'd drive 50 miles and past 30 ChickenShacks to go to Fry's.
JeepinDoug is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 10:53 PM   #17
Rock Crawler
 
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Upland
Posts: 901
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

I have two Fry's within an hour of me. I go there often to get things. I got my gf's last camera there. It was marked down in their sale ad to one dollar cheaper than what I found it on Amazon for. Pretty nice
z50king is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 11:01 PM   #18
MODERATOR™
 
EeePee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ohio
Posts: 18,928
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

You drove almost/within an hour to save a dollar? But pay tax and gas?
EeePee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-05-2015, 11:13 PM   #19
I wanna be Dave
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 5,202
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

I worked at radio shack all they care about is cell phone sales.
fr8cture is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-06-2015, 01:43 AM   #20
Rock Crawler
 
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Upland
Posts: 901
Default Re: Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack

Quote:
Originally Posted by EeePee View Post
You drove almost/within an hour to save a dollar? But pay tax and gas?
umm.... it was the day before christmas and she guessed the first gift I got her.
z50king is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply



Get your project boxes while you can. Bye Bye Radio Shack - Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
bye bye Hobby room and crawler money... jetboat Illinois 40 04-24-2010 10:32 AM
Bye bye Chevy - Come back with XJ (Finish 100%) ppcrawler 1.9 Scale Rigs 20 05-16-2009 08:04 AM
Bye Bye Bruiser... CronusTRD Maryland 3 01-14-2009 07:44 PM
Bye Bye Blue arms! 00TJ General Crawlers 36 09-23-2006 11:03 AM
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -6. The time now is 06:51 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO ©2011, Crawlability, Inc.
Copyright 2004-2014 RCCrawler.com