I hate Radio Shack

From: Curt Vendel <curt_at_atari-history.com>
Date: Fri Jun 7 17:14:00 2002

Bottom line here is with the "consumerization" of many technologies,
computers and so forth.... the fact of the matter is that it has moved yet
another step away from a hobbyist niche to a "Buy It - Unpack It - Plug it
in" world and Radio Shack no longer caters to the chip-level/technical
mindset anymore, but to the consumer mindset who still can't manage to set
the clock on their vcr unless the thing practically does it by itself.



Curt


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Dickman" <chd_1_at_nktelco.net>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: I hate Radio Shack


> John Allain wrote:
> > I don't hate 'em.
> > ......
> > I have had problems, but I don't think they earn much, so I cut 'em
slack.
>
> I agree. My frustration is that they don't seem to recognize thier
limitations.
> So many times I encounter people at RS, CompUSA, Homedepot, etc. that seem
> clueless
> but refuse to accept that a customer might know more about a subject than
they
> know. When I encounter someone that clearly knows more than me, I listen
and
> try to learn. Sadly, these people argue that what they do not understand
or know
> must be wrong.
>
> > John A.
>
> -chuck
Received on Fri Jun 07 2002 - 17:14:00 BST