Re: [Elecraft] RS sale items (more)
Old Radio Shack Manager here... What they are trying to do is get rid of all the discontinued/devalued merchandise. All the stores in each district have been directed to send their disco/deval to specific stores that have a good past record of being able to sell disco/deval. If you want to know which store/s in your district have the stuff, the dist office should be in your yellow pages. Call and find out..This is something new for RatShack. Normally the 18 year old manager just lets the stuff sit in the back room till it devalues to $0.00, scraps it and takes it home. Or makes it into GrabBags, which takes it out of inventory, and throws it in the trash. Remember, to most of the RS managers, those IC's are those little black things in the drawers...Junk! Only Cell Phones have any value because you get extra money above min wage to sell those...You can loose $5000 worth of parts at RS and keep your job, but hells to pay if a $99 cell phone is missing! Have fun, Art W6KYK1-2 K1-4 Fred Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Similar conversation here in Auburn in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. I think the sale is company-wide. However, there are a lot of things in bags that I would define as Parts that they apparently don't. I'm quite sure cell phones are in that category as well. Fred K6DGW Auburn CA CM98 Ward Willats wrote: I was in my local (Scotts Valley, CA) store to buy some parts from the drawers and found out all the individual components in there are half-off this month. Whether this is a local phenomenon or system-wide, I don't know. When the guy told me I was getting half-off, I said (smart-mouth) Why? Getting out of the business? He said No, we are trying to get back to our roots. [insert skeptical surprise here] I said: What, that cell-phone thing didn't work out for you guys? Him: No, that's doing fine, we just thought parts had been neglected. -- Ward / KG6HAF ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] RS sale items (more)
Last week I was at my friendly RS getting a new alarm clock. Lost my old one. They had a special sale on the RS version of an Atomic portable alarm clock. Only $20. And it is a nice size for packing or for on the desk. Normally $30, I think. Nice clock with super lighting. Number is 63-964. (www.radioshack.com didn't show it as a sale item (still shows $20) but the sign at the store did). Only drawback is that you can't set it for UTC. Not a biggy in my mind. They also had a special on batteries. Well, the special on batteries is not that super but the batteries come in a nifty case. It is touted as a can holder that says it will hold 4 cans of soda or whatever. But I didn't see it that way. I saw it as a nifty carrier for something like the PAC-12 or MP-1. It is bright red (so it is easy to find) and has a shoulder/carrying strap. Haven't tried it yet but looks like it should work great. Price on the battery pack/cooler says $20 but the sale was for $10. Michael N4NMR ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] RS sale items (more)
I picked up a small bedside LCD atomic alarm clock with Indigo style lighting about 2 years ago at WalMart for about $10-15. It is silver with black and runs off a single AA battery. I am able to adjust it for UTC, but I must readjust it with each time change. I think it was made by Oregon Scientific. Here's one just like it for $17. http://donrowe.com/oregon_scientific/rm103a.html When I figured out the model number, I used google.com and froogled for RM103A. I found this same model for $13. http://www.buyreliant.com/oregon/rm103a.htm The RM103A lets me set it to 24 hour mode. Here's another one I stumbled upon for $8 - although I can't vouch as to whether or not it will allow for UTC time. http://www.softwareandstuff.com/CES10290.html To keep this post On-Topic ... I find that the RM103A clock fits fairly nicely next to my portable digital thermometer, MH2 mike, and Palm-key when I pack my K2 in its aluminum tool case. - Daniel / AA0NI --- Michael Bower N4NMR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They had a special sale on the RS version of an Atomic portable alarm clock. Only $20. And it is a nice size for packing or for on the desk. Normally $30, I think. Nice clock with super lighting. Number is 63-964. (www.radioshack.com didn't show it as a sale item (still shows $20) but the sign at the store did). Only drawback is that you can't set it for UTC. Not a biggy in my mind. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] RS sale items (more)
Michael, N4NMR wrote: They (RS) had a special sale on the RS version of an Atomic portable alarm clock. Only $20. And it is a nice size for packing or for on the desk. Normally $30, I think. Nice clock with super lighting. Number is 63-964. Only drawback is that you can't set it for UTC. == From time to time WalMart sells an atomic desktop alarm clock made by Oregon Scientific (model RM103A). It can be set to display UTC with no problem and it's ideal for the ham shack I bought one for $11.98. 73, de Earl, K6SE ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
