Radio Shack is dead. Long live "The Shack"?...

[ZN13]

@Ben: Actually. I think Pizza Hut's changing their name because now they're selling more than just pizza, and they probably want to eliminate any confusion

@Palmer: Technically, his name's Shaq. With a q

[palmertech]

[Metallica Man X]

mein gott

darn phones anyway.

[snowpenguin]

I didn't see anywhere that this name change will include the loss of the electronic parts section...

[palmertech]

I talked to a guy at the store.

Also, they are very clear they are "Shifting focus to move forward along with our customers". Somehow, I doubt that included electronics parts. At the one I live near, they have one soldering iron left. They used to have 2. 6 months ago, before I bought one there. No 7805s, either, and they have not restocked in months.

[snowpenguin]

I noticed the radioshack at my cabin was very lacking in parts also...

[ghosstt]

They will order parts for you, you know. Just tell them what you want/the SKU number, and they'll get it.

[Metallica Man X]

That they may, but then what point would it serve to have a physical store? You might as well just order off of the interwebs and save yourself a trip.

[snowpenguin]

Radio Shack's parts are usually crap, I just pay a little extra so I can have them without waiting for shipping. Why am I going to pay extra for crap parts that I have to wait a few days for, and then I have to pick them up as well?

[metalcookie]

the one i go to has very stupid workers. i was looking for a blue led light rated at around 1.5 volts and he found one.
i was boing to replace the red one on my n64. i soldered it on to the board, turned it on, and it was red

[snowpenguin]

Did you read the package?.......

[themadhacker]

this is fvckingbullsh!t!

This completely destroys modding for me. I hate to buy online because most stores arwe from china. I hate buying from china. That leaves me with radioshack. Oh wait. RADIOSHACK IS COMPLETELY TURNING OVER TO RETARD CELLPHONE SHACK! I may not be able to get parts from anywhere but thrown out vcrs, but they rarely have parts I need. If this truly goes down, I am done with modding. I'll stick to fixing broken junk for buddies.

[snowpenguin]

Dude, see my list of online suppliers. They aren't all in China. Radioshack parts are crap anyways.

[Basement_Modder]

I always bought my parts from "the shack" v. online because I wanted to support my local businesses, but now I am sad. I suppose that I'll have more money now that I'll be paying 5¢/ resistor instead of 20!

[nevermind1534]

this is fvckingbullsh!t!

This completely destroys modding for me. I hate to buy online because most stores arwe from china. I hate buying from china. That leaves me with radioshack. Oh wait. RADIOSHACK IS COMPLETELY TURNING OVER TO RETARD CELLPHONE SHACK! I may not be able to get parts from anywhere but thrown out vcrs, but they rarely have parts I need. If this truly goes down, I am done with modding. I'll stick to fixing broken junk for buddies.

I usually order from Digikey, instead of China.