Actually, the WORST thing about buying parts at a
Radio Shack are the salespeople who don't actually
_want_ to help you, and _can't_ actually help you, but
follow you around at the parts section
anyway...because they assume that you are going to
steal something...hilarious to me because I know what
I earn, and I also know what they earn.
RS is an ABSOLUTE last resort for anything. I'd rather
wait a week by mail order most of the time. However,
in my opinion, actually useful stuff at RS:
1. Some of the project boards, while not of very good
quality, are reasonably priced.
2. Some of the project cases are nice and reasonably
priced.
3. The muultipurpose wall warts are good to have.
4. The DB-25 and DB-9 metal hoods, while ridiculously
priced, are very nice.
5. The better quality switches, while very expensive,
are actually almost worth it.
--- Curt Vendel <curt_at_atari-history.com> wrote:
> Oh I know what you're saying.... all I needed with a
> 7404, a lowsy 7404
> which next to hygrogen atoms is the most abundant
> thing on the planet....
>
> Direct Quote from Radio Shack Employee:
> "Uhhh errr.... a chip? Whaddya mean? A clip???
> Errr uhhhh, chip...
> must be a custom order thing, you can call the
> number in the catalog....
> uuuuuhhhh ummmm errrrr"
>
> Radio Shack my ass! DirecTV/MSN/Cellphone Sh*t
> Shack is more like it.
>
>
>
> Curt
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Buckle" <geneb_at_deltasoft.com>
> To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 4:11 PM
> Subject: RE: I hate Radio Shack
>
>
> > > something and they look at me like I'm crazy.
> "I've never heard of such
> > > a thing" they say. If it's not a pre-paid
> cell-phone, they have no clue.
> >
> > I actually got into an argument with a local Radio
> Shack weenie over a
> > DB-15 hood. Little snot had the gall to tell me
> that if it wasn't in
> > their catalog, it didn't exist and I MUST be
> confused. I told him he
> > needed to return to McDonald's where his limited
> cognitive skills would be
> > more fully appriciated. Fsckwit. *sigh*
> >
> > g.
> >
> >
>
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