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Posted: 5/8/2017 12:23:42 AM EDT
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They're not all gone yet? Huh.
And if this isn't a first world problems thread I don't know what is... |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 12:25:15 AM EDT
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It was only a matter of time, imo...
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Posted: 5/8/2017 12:25:39 AM EDT
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You apparently live in an are devoid of Home Depot or Lowes?
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Posted: 5/8/2017 12:32:14 AM EDT
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thought they went bankrupt 3-4 years ago
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Posted: 5/8/2017 12:33:30 AM EDT
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thought they went bankrupt 3-4 years ago |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 12:35:53 AM EDT
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The one in my town is closing. I was in there for the first time in ten years awhile back for a common cordless phone battery, no luck. Manager volunteered that the place was going to shit.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 12:38:26 AM EDT
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You apparently live in an are devoid of Home Depot or Lowes? |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 12:43:20 AM EDT
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Why waste time driving around?
*edit why cant this forum software display e-bay links? 
$4 shipped. Link |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 12:43:41 AM EDT
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radio shack went out with tube radio's
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Posted: 5/8/2017 12:49:00 AM EDT
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radio shack went out with tube radio's 
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Posted: 5/8/2017 12:55:50 AM EDT
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What the fuck is Radio Shack!
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Posted: 5/8/2017 12:58:23 AM EDT
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What the fuck is Radio Shack! |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 1:43:03 AM EDT
[#13]
Does this mean my battery of the month club card no worky?
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Posted: 5/8/2017 1:48:57 AM EDT
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I am still running a set of Realistic speakers on my porch that I took from my parents home when they sold it. 30 years old they be. Although they make me speak like an old sea captain.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 1:53:26 AM EDT
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You apparently live in an are devoid of Home Depot or Lowes? |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 1:59:40 AM EDT
[#16]
Amazon has 1 day shipping.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 2:07:42 AM EDT
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I haven't been to one since they closed all the ones around here.. don't miss 'em.
they were okay back in the day, but poor management decisions didn't help. Radio Shack 'Clerk" "welcome to radio shack, can I help you?" Me: "I doubt it, but I dare ya to try"
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Posted: 5/8/2017 2:14:27 AM EDT
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Is there a Fry's Electronics near you? They have tons of DYI electronic supplies.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 2:37:15 AM EDT
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Amazon Prime will have you fixed up by Tues/Wed
I'd go with smaller solder, though, like 0.025" (~24 gauge), keeps you from globbing too much on, and allows you to work with surface mount components. Combine with a Hakko temperature controlled low voltage station. |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 2:39:48 AM EDT
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OP should try Kmart.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 2:41:52 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/8/2017 2:51:34 AM EDT
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I still have one around the corner. But it is useless. OP, there is this thing called the internet. You can literally find anything, and receive it next day. It is fucking amazing.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 3:51:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryIron, and below it as a combo are the accessories
and Better solder for OP The 63/37 mix is eutectic, meaning it melts "quick" and hardens "quick", not as much time to make a cold solder joint while it cools. No Clean flux is another bonus. |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 3:53:05 AM EDT
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they deserved it. abandoned their base and shilled cheap chinese shit, flimsy RC cars, and trinkets. At the end their hobbyist section was like 4 drawers of shitty switches and low output leds.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 4:18:37 AM EDT
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I am still running a set of Realistic speakers on my porch that I took from my parents home when they sold it. 30 years old they be. Although they make me speak like an old sea captain. 
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Posted: 5/8/2017 4:19:29 AM EDT
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I haven't been to one since they closed all the ones around here.. don't miss 'em. they were okay back in the day, but poor management decisions didn't help. Radio Shack 'Clerk" "welcome to radio shack, can I help you?" Me: "I doubt it, but I dare ya to try" |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 5:35:55 AM EDT
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We still have one, but it's closing also.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 5:54:08 AM EDT
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Went to store closing a few weeks ago and picked up a lot of solder and their top of the line digital solder iron for $50.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 5:58:30 AM EDT
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I have some right here, you never asked
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Posted: 5/8/2017 6:00:23 AM EDT
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they deserved it. abandoned their base and shilled cheap chinese shit, flimsy RC cars, and trinkets. At the end their hobbyist section was like 4 drawers of shitty switches and low output leds. I remember fondly the RS from the mid to late 70s. Archer, Micronta and Realistic brands, anyone? As soon as they became just another cellphone and geegaw store, one could tell the end was nigh for them. |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 6:12:40 AM EDT
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Since all the local stores closed I drove to a store twenty miles away but they were closing as well. I'm trying to rehab an old Soundcraftsmen amp and needed some soldering tools. Fuck me I just need some soldering braid. Now I'll have to wait till next weekend thanks to Amazon. FUCFUCFUCFUCFUCFUCFUCFUCFUCFUCFUC Microcenter has stuff those of us who are electronically gifted need. If you find a Radio Shack that's going out of business, you can absolutely buy all kinds of stuff for a quarter of what you'd get it anywhere else. I had three within ten miles of me and I went to all three and bought all kinds of stuff. Reloaded my resistor, capacitor, inductors and diodes stash. Found a quarter farad capacitor and snapped that bitch up for laughs. Got two brand new fluke meters, a 115 and 117 for $60 apiece. New soldering irons, tips, soldersucker, and temperature control on the cheap too. Everyone else was snapping up remote controlled cars and batteries and shit, and I grabbed a metric shit ton of batteries too, CR123's and 2032's, but the best finds were the components because almost nobody else was snapping them up. |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 6:16:34 AM EDT
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Is there a Fry's Electronics near you? They have tons of DYI electronic supplies.  ?
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Posted: 5/8/2017 6:33:32 AM EDT
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Iron, and below it as a combo are the accessories and Better solder for OP The 63/37 mix is eutectic, meaning it melts "quick" and hardens "quick", not as much time to make a cold solder joint while it cools. No Clean flux is another bonus. |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 6:45:14 AM EDT
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What the fuck is Radio Shack! |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 6:48:01 AM EDT
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If I wanna get a Cell Phone I can just go to Verizon.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 6:49:15 AM EDT
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Realistically I'm missin it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What the fuck is Radio Shack!
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Posted: 5/8/2017 6:50:30 AM EDT
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Very nice. I just made a 100+ slide PowerPoint on soldering and solder chemistry for my job and eutectic solder is one of topics I covered. It's definitely great for avoiding disturbed joints. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Iron, and below it as a combo are the accessories and Better solder for OP The 63/37 mix is eutectic, meaning it melts "quick" and hardens "quick", not as much time to make a cold solder joint while it cools. No Clean flux is another bonus. |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 6:59:05 AM EDT
[#38]
Yup. Radio Shack is going the way of Gander Mountain.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 6:59:23 AM EDT
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I don't know how the one in my town stays open... went looking for a us to serial cord a while back they had one, been hanging on three wall so long it had a thick layer of dust on it.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 7:00:06 AM EDT
[#40]
Yep. Along with Gander Mtn.
No more bomb building parts. Dammit.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 7:01:10 AM EDT
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Your first mistake was going to Radio Shack for anything electronics related.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 7:05:24 AM EDT
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it's the place where retired old creepy tv repairmen hang out and talk about descramblers. basically it's the real life arfcom for old creepy tv repairmen. 
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Posted: 5/8/2017 7:05:24 AM EDT
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Pony up for Prime. Same day shipping on many things, or next day on most others. I ordered a rifle scope at 11 AM on a Sunday. It was delivered Monday because I forgot to give the gate code to my neighborhood, otherwise I would have had it Sunday night at 8 p.m. Still, next day, free shipping. Who needs stores?
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Posted: 5/8/2017 7:07:20 AM EDT
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The corporate-owned Radio Shacks went TI some time ago. The franchise stores (i.e. mom & pop stores) are still around.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 7:12:34 AM EDT
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Is there a Fry's Electronics near you? They have tons of DYI electronic supplies. |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 7:14:00 AM EDT
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Is this why so many of our older members have been so cranky lately? It would explain a lot... 
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Posted: 5/8/2017 7:18:57 AM EDT
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Realistic!!! I was trying to remember what their stereo brand was. |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 7:29:00 AM EDT
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Radio Shack . . . you've got questions; we've got answers.
But in the closing years their only answer involved selling me a cell phone plan. Anybody else old enough to remember Allied Electronics catalogs? LINK When everything went to solid state electronics and integrated circuits and was imported from China, everything became disposable rather than repairable. |
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Posted: 5/8/2017 7:30:39 AM EDT
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Archer Kits to build your own AM radio. Anybody else remember those? Neat stuff for a kid.
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Posted: 5/8/2017 7:32:04 AM EDT
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Is there a Fry's Electronics near you? They have tons of DYI electronic supplies. |
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