[TriLUG] Article on Radio Shack's Demise

[Jeremy Davis via TriLUG]

Is there not a decent electronics shop already in this area?

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Scott Lambdin via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> Now which one of you will start an electronics shop?  Somebody has to do
> it.
>
> --Scott
>
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 11:38 AM, C TC via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
> > "Radio Shack lost its way when it ditched its hobbyist customers"
> >
> > Nice read. The title says it all.
> >
> > I've missed the "real" shack for quite a long time now. Nothing will
> > replace the first time I went there. My Grandfather took me to get wiring
> > and a few other small parts to make my slot cars go faster. There was no
> > looking back after that!
> >
> > In these last two decades; where we can to type "how to ..." into a
> search
> > bar, and some guy somewhere will walk you through a total build, or
> repair
> > of anything ... The Shack was never in the top search results. Not to
> > mention that the parts lists from said how-to's were mostly non-Radio
> Shack
> > links.
> >
> > IMO: When they gave up on passing knowledge to customers, they
> immediately
> > lost their true fan base. I say this knowing how tough it is for a
> > storefront to keep up/compete with the amount of new information
> currently
> > at our fingertips.
> >
> > However, you would have thought that the walls and parts bins would have
> > been restocked with Arduinos, RPi's, embedded hobby boards, and all
> things
> > related to the new forms of tinkering. Reestablishing itself as a DIY
> > headquarters. Such is the way of our new world economy. Evolve or die.
> > Tweet or get of the pot.
> >
> > I need some 16AWG wire, shrink wrap, solder, and other small bits for a
> new
> > project. Looks like I'll get it from them, instead of spreading orders
> > across multiple on line vendors to save a few pennies. I always over buy,
> > suffering from "and two of these" disease. Besides, it will be fun trying
> > to get to the car without the parts cutting their way through that
> terribly
> > thin white and red bag one last time.
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:11 AM, via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> > > I came across an article that I thought was interesting and thought I
> > > would pass it on:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21643461-radio-shack-lost-its-way-when-it-ditched-its-hobbyist-customers-making-it
> > >
> > > It discusses a lot of topics that have come across this mailing list
> over
> > > the last several months such as the Raspberry Pi and the evolution of
> > > hobbyist electronics.
> > >
> > > It also provides a trip down memory lane for middle age folks such as
> > > myself that got their first computer, a Commodore 64, back when their
> age
> > > was in the single digits, talking about the Altair, the Z80, and green
> > > screen monitors.
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