Radio Shack to go under

[highwater]

I stopped-by my local Radio Shack today - one of the ones that is staying open (apparently they do enough repairs to still be viable) - and, lo and behold, the parts section had been re-stocked! I'm guessing they got a bunch of stuff from stores that *are* closing; there was some positively ancient stuff in there... like an LM386 in the old-style cardboard packaging (which was faded almost to un-readability - do old lm386s have mojo?).

[J0K3RX]

Let's see... I'm in the mood for a robbery, what place has the least amount of cash on hand...  and a lot of cheap cameras pointing at me?

[StarGeezers]

We stopped by one of the RS stores that's closing and it was basically Empty  .... they even had prices on the fixtures  ...     

[Govmnt_Lacky]

So my question is....

Is Radio Shack actually "going under" if there are still many stores that are not closing?

Going to get my weekly update from my local store however, last one revealed that there were no plans to close in the near future.

[rocket8810]

My understanding is that radioshack declared chapter 7 bankruptcy, so they whipe their debt and restructure, so they don't have to shut every store down. What's going to happen is that the stores that are staying open will be half sprint have whst RadioShack was before the bankruptcy.

I've stopped by 2 in my area that are closing and one was nearly empty, the other still fairly full. I ended up buying all the .022 solder they had at 30% off and all their etching solution, which should have been 20% off, but rang up as $1.95 which was over 90% off. It seems that at least around me no one is really grabbing the soldering stuff. I nearly bought one of the digital pro soldering stations which was marked as $40, with 20% off, but ended up deciding not to, cause if it had problems I would be screwed.

Some of the things they have had their prices marked back to list, then have the percent off, so it's not as good of a deal as you may think. The components left are still crazy expensive.

[J0K3RX]

I nearly bought one of the digital pro soldering stations which was marked as $40, with 20% off, but ended up deciding not to, cause if it had problems I would be screwed.

Is this the one you are talking about? Still $69 at the store near me 


I would probably get that... not bad at $40

Radio Shack just re-brands it form these guys
http://www.madelltech.com/m3-8.html

[canman]

I picked up one of the cheap RadioShack DMM's...I'll be returning it tomorrow.  The thing seems to read accurately, but holy crap the user interface is GARBAGE.  It has this weird flip top thing...but the actual meter won't come out of the weird flip top thing.    Lesson learned.

[duck_arse]

that ^ solder station is cheaper than the new element my weller needs. and due to the dead element, I have to use an archer mains 25W from someone's junk box.

[rocket8810]

I nearly bought one of the digital pro soldering stations which was marked as $40, with 20% off, but ended up deciding not to, cause if it had problems I would be screwed.

Is this the one you are talking about? Still $69 at the store near me 


would probably get that... not bad at $40

Radio Shack just re-brands it form these guys
http://www.madelltech.com/m3-8.html

Yep that's the one. In one store that's closing they had one and the box was beat to hell marked at $40, in the other they have 6 of them in good boxes and it's marked back up to $80, and both would get 20% off. If it was $40 with 20% off that would make it $32, which would be so cheap I could keep it as a spare. The reviews are fairly good about it too, the complaints come from those that don't know it's made by madelltech, because the biggest complaint is the parts are impossible to find. Im waiting till the percentage off to get more drastic then I may pick it up. But  in the meantime, after many years building effects using my trusty 40watt weller iron, I did finally buy a station, I bought an edsyn 951sxe, and can't wait to use it.

[armdnrdy]

Picking strings of meat off of the bones.

http://consumerist.com/2015/03/20/only-one-bidder-for-radio-shacks-remains-wants-to-keep-any-stores-open/

[MaxPower]

The shack at my local mall closed without any sale as far as I know (maybe it was a one week or weekend deal). The other one is operating business as usual. Same silly prices. They do have that one aluminum enclosure that sells for $3.49 - not gig worthy but good enough for personal use.

[Luke51411]

The shack at my local mall closed without any sale as far as I know (maybe it was a one week or weekend deal). The other one is operating business as usual. Same silly prices. They do have that one aluminum enclosure that sells for $3.49 - not gig worthy but good enough for personal use.

I have one of those enclosures, thinking of using it for something other than a stompbox, maybe the theramin I'll be building soon.

[bluebunny]

I have one of those enclosures, thinking of using it for something other than a stompbox, maybe the theramin I'll be building soon.

Save it for something else.  Build your theremin in one of these:

   

[MaxPower]

Lmao. What in the hell? That some kind of rabbit's revenge thing?

[Luke51411]

I have one of those enclosures, thinking of using it for something other than a stompbox, maybe the theramin I'll be building soon.

Save it for something else.  Build your theremin in one of these:

   

I couldn't find that one at my local branch, is it in with the RC cars?

[duck_arse]

I have one of those enclosures, thinking of using it for something other than a stompbox, maybe the theramin I'll be building soon.

Save it for something else.  Build your theremin in one of these:

   

is that a badger, marc? some sort of large rat?

[bluebunny]

Badgermin.

[bluebunny]

No, really.  Google it.   

[armdnrdy]

[Govmnt_Lacky]

The best part is that the guy is in a formal tuxedo to play the Badgermin!