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  1. 01-27-2003, 03:21 PM #11
    dscustoms
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    I was arguing with a rat shack employee the other day, after finding out they discontinued the frequency scanner that was sooo much fun in the past, and I needed one... They have decided that cell phones and RC cars are the only things they really need to carry. They have been phasing out everything else, and they don't order more. Within 2 years, they wont have anything for the hobbyist.
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  2. 01-28-2003, 08:28 PM #12
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    Stretch mini I saw a stretch yugo in the parking lot of a Meijer store when I was pushing in carts working through college. Pointed it out to the guy next to me and he hit the ground laughing. I have an electronic engineering degree but no one wants to built things anymore, everything comes from china because its cheaper. Rat shack hasn't had much good in a long time, quality kept going down and prices kept going up. I bujt my stuff online now anyway, too darn busy to hit the stores anyway. I order from digikey and mouser and sometimes goto mendelsons in dayton for stuff.
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  3. 01-28-2003, 09:41 PM #13
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    yeah, I was there last sunday. And god they suck anymore.

    2.99$ for 2 Red LEDs!!!
    I payed 3.99$ for a toggle switch.
    Its sad. And they don't order anymore stuff like that anymore. I went in and asked if they knew the calculations To find out what size of resistor I would need to run a 3volt 60mah LED laser off of a 9.6volt 1600mah battery, the reply "UHHH....I don't know, resistors are in that cabinet." It used to be either they knew, or they atleast knew how to find out from a book or something.

    Thats ok, when I need parts, I go to mendelson's. A whole warehouse of stripped parts from factory machines. I got 100 LEDs for 4$ the last time I was there. Theres isles of nothing but DC to DC powersupplies (nothing we can use, just like 24volt to 12 volt, or 18volt to 5 and 9volt, wierd **** like that) Theres even an isle of nothing but the "8" LCD screens,
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  4. 01-29-2003, 11:44 PM #14
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    Screw ratshack

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  5. 01-30-2003, 08:30 AM #15
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  6. 01-30-2003, 05:27 PM #16
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    The only "good thing," ok, wait, there are no really good things that have to do with radioshack, so lets say, change for the better? is that they actually carry real brands now, not just tigers offbranded cd players or stereo equipment, not that I know anyone in their right mind would buy something like that at radioshack, but it is an improvement.
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  7. 01-30-2003, 06:25 PM #17
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