Radio Shack - Was:[geeks] Octane light bar

[David Cantrell]

On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 03:11:58AM -0400, Michael Schiller wrote:
> I have a friend that works as a 'sales drone' for Rat Shack. From things
> I've learned from him I've lost ALL respect for a company I used to think
> was pretty good. (I was in the family leather machinery business, and the
> original name of RS was Tandy, as in Tandy Leathercraft ...

Here they're still called Tandy - I guess that RS Components might have
objected (http://rswww.com, follow link to History).  But they're still shit.
My local branch went all sucky a couple of years ago.  I think it closed in
the last couple of weeks.  Luckily, Maplins is even closer to home, and
always had more stock too.

>                                    I try not to buy stuff from RS, but
> unfortunately where I live it's often the only place to buy some stuff
> locally, and when you need something NOW you can't do mail order.

You have my deepest sympathy.  Maplins is even closer than Tandy to where
I live.

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