[Coco] More poor news for Radio Shack

[Zippster]

I agree, times have changed.  Although there are probably more electronics hobbyists than ever
(by number, not as a percentage), there’s the internet.  That’s where everyone is getting parts.

And a retail store can’t hope to compete with online distributors for selection or price.
I think their niche is just gone because of this.  There’s basically nothing they’re doing
that other places aren’t doing better or bigger.

I wish them well, but I don’t know what they do to fix that.

- Ed

> On Dec 12, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Dec 12, 2014, at 11:32 AM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The only thing Radio Shack would have going for them would be the convenience
>> of not having to wait a few days to get your parts (albeit at a greatly inflated price).
>> And I’d buy parts there in situations where I didn’t want to wait, if it weren’t such a
>> rare thing for them to actually have a component I needed.
> 
> And if you have ever been to a gas station, you will notice they sell eggs, milk, soup, etc. and no one in their right mind would ever buy those things at those over-inflated prices. But they do, for those very reasons. And thus, decades later, convenience stores still exist, overcharging for everything.
> 
>> I’ve pretty much stopped trying to buy anything there unless I unexpectedly
>> run out of solder, or really need a $23 usb cable that I can’t wait 4 days to get for $5.
> 
> I contest that times have just changed. There aren't enough of us left that solder, need a part, or even hook up something to our computer if it isn't a phone that came with a cable... They could have 100% as much stuff today as they had 30 years ago, and they'd still be in worse shape.
> 
> 		-- A
> 
> -- 
> Coco mailing list
> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco