Radio Shack 8 track tape deck commercial

LOL at 0:19! It looked like he slid a gameboy into that player.

I stuck one of my old Atari cartridges in one of those and it started playing "Pac-Man Fever".

Whent in to radioshack for a diod ask the guy and he said wats that

I know what you mean. the employees don't even know what electronics they sell or what they are for. I asked if they had any radio crystals and they laughed in my face. Then another time I asked if they had any 7805 transistors and they didn't know what they were. It's a joke when you are looking for parts for a project and they come up and say, "Can I help you with anything?"

I remember the days you could go into a Radio Shack and actually find someone who worked there who actually knew something about electronics... instead of hounding you to buy a cell phone (if they got off theirs long enough to help you).

I have one of these brand new in the box that I got at a flea market back in the early 90's. I never used it, just wanted a "new old" piece of technology.

well yeah thats because they were young and innovative. now all their head guys are old. nothing wrong with being old unless you think old. theyre analog players in a digital world. damn i love that quote.

IMO Radio Shack/Tandy's best era was the 70s and 80s. A local supplier for electronic components including some unusual and interesting stuff, and the really great Archer and Science Fair project kits, I had several of those. I would spend hours just browsing their catalogues, wondering what to save up for and buy next.

It seems 'The Shack' or whatever they're going to call themselves now, is just trying to compete with Best Buy, and failing at it. See also Circuit City.

The name change is probably because they don't sell many radio's any more. They certainly don't sell much in the way of electronic components for hobbyists either these days.

Radio Shack in the UK was called Tandy, because the name Radio Shack was already been used by another business.

In the UK there was a chain called Radio Rentals, Who primarily rented TVs and videos, and hadn't rented radios for decades. These days hardly anyone rents a TV, so Radio Rentals has now gone.

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