[Coco] Re: Radio Shack CEO Resigns

[Kevin Diggs]

Rogelio Perea wrote:
> George's Coco Address wrote:
> 
> 
>>DOH!
>>
>> Oh yeah!.
>>
>> Rat Shack!!
>>
>> Darn!! I remember that place! I used to find ELECTRONIC PARTS there!
>>
>> Do they still carry batteries and flashlight lamps?
>>
>>George
> 
> 
> Did a 3 month stint last year part time at a RS store, more to quench
> off my curiosity on the inner workings of today's version of the
> company that introduced the CoCo so many years ago. It was an
> interesting experience, 5 minutes into the 'introductory' training
> session I was having solid seconds thoughts of being there but decided
> to plow on forward. The floor sales staff for the most part were
> collegue students willing to sell stuff and more helpful than the
> typical clerk at Best Buy, Circuit City and the like. Still, it was a
> real drag to see that whatever RS was had been stripped down to yet
> another wireless phone seller - parts bin getting smaller and smaller,
> useless stuff being sent to the store every week (those dreaded M&M
> radios - who thought they would be a great idea? - Edmonson?)... you
> get the idea.
> 
> Lasted only for the next day after Thanksgiving's sale. There was a
> lot of hoopla on what corporate was doing to boost up RS image and
> sales... recent events tell the underlying ugly truth. Sad part of
> this is that the store employees are the ones that really are going to
> pay for them Texas guys blunders.
> 
> RS should probably should look back into its past and retake that
> direction adapted to current times. There was talk about iMacs in RS
> shelves but with recent events I don't think Jobs would be eager to do
> it. All I can say is that RS is a clear example of just how dumb
> corporatization of a company can bring things down real bad.
> 
> And everyone's better off buying their batteries somewhere else. Believe me :-)
> 
> --
> 
> 
> -=[ Rogelio ]=-
> 
This is what happens when your only concern is money. This is what 
happens when making more money today is more important than worrying 
about tomorrow.

					kevin