Radio Shack to go under

[Luke51411]

Too bad I already used my Archer box
What octave boxes are there that use cmos chips? The only one I can think of is the Blue Box.

[armdnrdy]

If you want to find uses/projects/ideas for those CMOS ICs.....buy a copy of the CMOS Cookbook.

I bought it earlier this year and it is a must have! It is very user/novice friendly with a ton of circuit examples.

I picked up my copy from Amazon...used, in pristine condition.

Edit:

I don't know if you are in the U.S. but...here is a very good deal.

http://www.thriftbooks.com/viewdetails.aspx?isbn=0672224593&mkwid=WmfTshnG|dc&pcrid=55707680472&gclid=Cj0KEQjwo82eBRCR1Yr2u-G-sK8BEiQAbrSjVLnOGuLUOvNrMXld_iPexh1rHefXrZjrUHEvblwkL_oaApej8P8HAQ

[Luke51411]

I am in the US thanks! I think I'll get that one. I might pick up the active filter cookbook too!

[armdnrdy]

I was eyeballing the active cookbook as well.

I'm currently trying to punch in component values in a Sallen-Key low pass filter calculator....and it keeps kicking them back out!

It doesn't like me! 

[armdnrdy]

The reaper is just outside the door!

Take a look at the five year. Shares in the twenties....now worth 38 cents!

[B Tremblay]

The reaper is just outside the door!

And just before his scythe makes its fateful slice, the bespectacled clerk at the counter will earnestly ask, "Do you need any batteries today?"

[Govmnt_Lacky]

Hey... If it's good enough for Weird Al.... its good enough for me! BUY...BUY...BUY... 

[armdnrdy]

And just before his scythe makes its fateful slice, the bespectacled clerk at the counter will earnestly ask, "Do you need any batteries today?"

That is funny! 

I thought that RS employees only asked me that question because....I always look like I need batteries! 

[Electron Tornado]

It just keeps getting worse for Radio Shack:


http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/29/news/companies/radioshack/index.html?iid=EL

http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/02/news/companies/radioshack-trading-suspended/

[Mark Hammer]

You have to wonder what sort of MBAs they crank out these days.

Target - a going concern in the USA - moved into Canada just under two years ago.  The stores tanked, and Target announced they were losing too much money and were closing all their stores here.  The stock liquidation sales begin Thursday.  Unfortunately, besides milk and eggs, they don't really have much of anything that I want.  The execs who oversaw this fiasco got 6 and 7-figure handshakes, though.

[Brisance]

Yep. Archer was components. Was a gift to a valuable member.

what, you can buy components packaged like this!?

[Govmnt_Lacky]

Target - a going concern in the USA - moved into Canada just under two years ago.  The stores tanked, and Target announced they were losing too much money and were closing all their stores here.  The stock liquidation sales begin Thursday.  Unfortunately, besides milk and eggs, they don't really have much of anything that I want.  The execs who oversaw this fiasco got 6 and 7-figure handshakes, though.

I always wondered why Target failed in the great north. They are very successful here in the states.

Any ideas Mark? Would love to hear what you think....

[theehman]

Target - a going concern in the USA - moved into Canada just under two years ago.  The stores tanked, and Target announced they were losing too much money and were closing all their stores here.  The stock liquidation sales begin Thursday.  Unfortunately, besides milk and eggs, they don't really have much of anything that I want.  The execs who oversaw this fiasco got 6 and 7-figure handshakes, though.

I always wondered why Target failed in the great north. They are very successful here in the states.

Any ideas Mark? Would love to hear what you think....

My wife works at Target and according to her, it was mainly a case of too much, too soon.  They opened too many stores too quickly and didn't have the merchandise to fully stock them.

[Mark Hammer]

That pretty much sums it up, Ron.  They should have built up slower than they did, and adopted an IKEA-type strategy: be more desirable andd exotic by being less available.  Unfortunately, they purchased the sites of another Canadian low-end retailer that already had more locations than they could afford (which is why they went under), and there wasn't either the stock or clientele to make all those outlets viable.

With RS going under, those slots in malls will be relatively easy to fill.  Not so for the malls here where Target was the "anchor store".  There are a limited number of retailers that take up spaces that big.

But enough about retail economics.  This thread is about us venting over our mutual former "golden child" where so many of us got our start. 

[plexi12000]

idk.....they always say RS is going under. like, for the last 30 yrs! -lol

i wouldn't worry too much.....in this age of 'government intervention', they'll probably get subsidies or a total 'bailout'.

[armdnrdy]

idk.....they always say RS is going under. like, for the last 30 yrs! -lol

i wouldn't worry too much.....in this age of 'government intervention', they'll probably get subsidies or a total 'bailout'.

You probably believe in unicorns, Santa Claus, and the tooth fairy too! 

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102376542#.

I believe this is the "real" end.

[Jdansti]

I read an article that said that Sprint was going to take over a number of the stores. Probably turn them into Sprint phone stores and get rid of the rest of the merchandise.

[Mark Hammer]

Someone posted this over on MEF.  Haven't watched it, so I can't speak for its content.

[davent]

Someone posted this over on MEF.  Haven't watched it, so I can't speak for its content.

Mark, gotta take the 's' out of the 'https' address.

[Hemmel]

Does this apply to The Source in Canada ?