You better be first for the clearance sale.

 

You better be first for the clearance sale.

Ads like that typify why they failed.

 

Ads like that typify why they failed.

Yeap... an "attention grabber" is very different from a "product seller"

 

http://radioshackcorporation.com/pdfs/RS-Store-Closure-List_020415.pdf

 

Arghh, my store is closing!

 

Arghh, my store is closing!

I just found out today that mine seems to be as well.

 

http://graphics.wsj.com/shuttering-the-shacks/

 

If memory serves me correctly, Radio Shack forced AutoShack to change its name. It became AutoZone.

 

time to start new business - ElectroZone

 

http://graphics.wsj.com/shuttering-the-shacks/

Thanks, I was looking for something like that before. It confirms that the two stores nearest me are closing.

When I was down at one of the stores earlier this week, I noticed something peculiar. In one window there was a sign saying "Clearance: up to 60% off", and in another window there was a sign listing the store's hours which said at the bottom "Now Hiring". I assume the hours sign was just an old one that they didn't bother to cut the bottom off of.

 

Thanks, I was looking for something like that before. It confirms that the two stores nearest me are closing.

When I was down at one of the stores earlier this week, I noticed something peculiar. In one window there was a sign saying "Clearance: up to 60% off", and in another window there was a sign listing the store's hours which said at the bottom "Now Hiring". I assume the hours sign was just an old one that they didn't bother to cut the bottom off of.

Maybe they're hiring removal services?

 

Maybe they're hiring removal services?

That could be. Or maybe they're expecting to need extra employees to deal with a swarm of people taking advantage of clearance sales.

 

That could be. Or maybe they're expecting to need extra employees to deal with a swarm of people taking advantage of clearance sales.

that'd be a very-short term job...

 

That could be. Or maybe they're expecting to need extra employees to deal with a swarm of people taking advantage of clearance sales.

Hey! We're making a profit! Stop the bankruptcy!

 

My store stays open Good thing because the only decent electronics supplier closed a couple years ago.

 

Needed a small motor yesterday so went to the local Radio Shack. Felt real bad for the two girls who work that store as over the past year they worked hard to clean the place up. All the stores will be closing, poor kid had tears in her eyes. They had a good stock of Arduino stuff, shields and other stuff as well as Velleman kits. Nothing yet at bargain basement Dollar store pricing. Unfortunately over the years Radio Shack made some bad business decisions that cost them. They also got away from their core business model.

Ron

 

Ron,

Are you aware of Electronic Surplus: http://www.electronicsurplus.com/

It was quite convenient for me when it was in Slavic village. Now both it and I have moved, but it may still be a reasonable alternative for you.

John

 

John,

Wow, I never knew about it. Can't thank you enough on that one. I love surplus places, I can spend hours in them. There was a big industrial place in Euclid that offered mostly large industrial surplus we would visit from work every now and then. I think it was Wednesdays during the summer they offered a free Hamburger and Hot Dog lunch grilled in the parking lot.

Thanks Again
Ron

 

HGR in Euclid is still alive and well. Fun place to visit. Ask for Marshall; although, any sales person will help. I was told at one time that it processes 17 truckloads of surplus a day!

I have never tried their free food.

John

 

Here is a place I would hang out in when I was in Orlando: http://www.skycraftsurplus.com/purchasing1.aspx?gclid=CIT8m4WS0MMCFSRo7AodUUYAPA They ship too. When I was living in Silicon Valley, there were quite a few places like this I would go to. Funny story, I was watching a news show about some of these places in San Jose, I think I was watching discovery or something. Anyway, it was a place I would go to frequently. The store owner was taking about how in the 60's these hippies would come into his store barefoot and wearing tie-die t-shirts. They would try to buy a lot of computer equipment, but they never had any money, so they would offer payment in stock in a company nobody ever hear of...Apple Computers