[TriLUG] Article on Radio Shack's Demise

[Scott Lambdin via TriLUG]

And a robot battle arena.

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Jeremy Davis via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org
> wrote:

> It would probably need to be a different format. A place with meeting space
> perhaps, with white boards and projectors where folks can meet brainstorm
> and do presentations. Then sodas and snacks purchased by people hanging
> around would help offset the overhead expenses.
>
> If a business model was open sourced among the local communities, a lot the
> risk could be reduced and demand could be measured ahead of time.
>
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 18 Feb 2015, C TC via TriLUG wrote:
> >
> >  "Radio Shack lost its way when it ditched its hobbyist customers"
> >>
> >
> > It's not clear that hobbyists would have been profitable.
> >
> > In Sydney in the 60's and mid '70's there were two large electronic
> stores
> > caterging to professional electronics people. Presumably there were
> enough
> > electronics technicians building and repairing things to keep them
> afloat.
> > I never saw another hobbyist lined up at the counter. By the end of the
> > 70's both stores were gone. Presumably everthing was PC boards and you
> > didn't repair or build anything yourself. If you bought parts, you must
> > have been out of a catalogue.
> >
> > When I visited London at the end of the '70's, there wasn't an
> electronics
> > store catering to professionals that I could find.
> >
> > I expect that if there weren't enough professionals to keep stores
> afloat,
> > then the few hobbyists who frequented these shops wouldn't have kept them
> > afloat either. Businesses aren't going to be kept alive by people buying
> > resistors. You need a large population buying $100 at a time, like happes
> > at a car parts store.
> >
> > Joe
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