Guys & Gals- I once worked for R.S. as a part-time gig while serving in the Navy. The story that I heard from more than one co-worker involved less than honest compensation, though fully legal in policy. That is to say, hiring during fall with the promise of increased commission / bonus based upon average sales. While it is easy to sell a lot of toys for both children and adults during the holiday season, it gets considerably harder to keep the 'average' up in January when one is also dealing with returns of broken children's toys and old batteries. The other problem- while the 'Makers' of new products are using LEDs, transistors, and the like- they are tending to go back to the stores that sell 3D printers and when not in a hurry- they get their parts from the larger e-mail order firms ( EG. Mouser / DigiKey / Newark, etc. ). The final nail: Best Buy / Office stores such as Staples / OfficeMax / Etc. all competition for computers and stereo equipment which have been sorting out who would also make enough money to 'stay alive' ( BeeGees music comes to mind here, from a different time ). So does anyone need a battery or a bulb? 73 de KB0MNM
----- Original Message ----- From: "DAVID M GRAY JR via BVARC" <[email protected]> To: "BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB" <[email protected]> Cc: "DAVID M GRAY JR" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2017 11:40:29 AM Subject: Re: [BVARC] What pushed Radio Shack into bankruptcy? - CSMonitor.com They could have owned the computer market if they had just been smart (whatever that is). So long ago they had a neat little tablet...but kept using Stone Age technology just to run their stores. K5HEC Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 12, 2017, at 5:16 AM, Howard Bingham via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Found this in Christian Science monitor, short explanation of demise of the > Radio Shack brand. > > I still have a battery powered shortwave receiver, has built in weather band > as well as capability to receive analog TV audio for channels 2 - 13, use it > as a clock radio, has AM and FM broadcast radio in addition to Shortwave band > (No ham bands.), battery powered, or with wall wart for home use, clock > function has Daylight time switch to manually adjust 1 hour from set time. > > Also have other Radio Shack products, but this one is in daily use.. > > Now the local Radio Shack store has changed to a Sprint cell phone shop, with > many brands of entry level and Smartphones, still has a smattering of Radio > Shack labeled products at deep discount.. > > <http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2017/0310/What-pushed-Radio-Shack-into-bankruptcy?cmpid=ema:nws:Weekly%2520Newsletter%2520%2803-11-2017%29&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20170311%20Newsletter:%20Weekender&utm_term=Weekend_Best_of_Web> > > > Howard Bingham > > -- > D. Howard Bingham * E-mail: [email protected] > 2722 Wisdom * E-mail: [email protected] > Deer Park, TX 77536 * E-mail: [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Message delivered to [email protected] _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Message delivered to [email protected]
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