Radio Shack to close stores before bankruptcy

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I have many fond memories of The Shack as they were recently known as. In my little town of Oklahoma, Radio Shack was a part of Allied stores. In here I could go in and see capacitors, resistors, and transistors. Even earlier, I delivered newspapers where they would run a contest. Once I won a 9 transistor radio and was proud because it had so many transistors. Life was nice back then and Radio shack fit in fine. Now grown with an adult son, I wonder what happened to those days. With sadness, an article in the news reports the passing of Radio Shack. I wonder what other folks here may have stories related to this store. To commemorate the news, let's blog and share our special moments in electronics.

Thanks,

Clem

Jan Cumps · Accepted Answer

I'll be a fan boy forever. A few years ago, I made a collage of things I own or owned from Tandy: They pulled me (and I guess everyone in Belgium who was young in the 70s and 80s) into electronics.

dougw · Answer

I still own a lot of Shady-O-Rack (Micronta) gear and bought lots of components there in my early hacking days. In Canada the franchise split off through a couple of owners and is now called "The Source" (because Tandy forced them to stop calling it RadioShack) - it is now owned by BCE Inc., a large telecom company (by Canadian standards) It still seems to be going strong with over 650 stores in Canada.

gadget.iom · Answer

Found this on my 'Recommended for you' list on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc38lja63R8 Goes some way towards explaining the decline from a non-Geek perspective.

murraymr · Answer

True. They even sold computers at one point.

Radio Shack to close stores before bankruptcy

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