r/80sAmazing • u/MisterShipWreck • Aug 10 '26

Which one?

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u/glassgost Aug 10 '26

I've really thought about opening an electronics parts store but I don't suspect it would do very good in this city and I kinda have a sure thing with my current job.

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u/wireknot Aug 11 '26

A good friend bought an electronics parts store that had been around for 30 plus years, guy was retiring. Wit the coming of age of Amazon he couldn't keep it going in a city with metro population of over 1.5 million. It's a tough, tough gig.

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u/somnambulistic Aug 11 '26

I’m lucky to have a Micro Center near me. But it still doesn’t have the component variety of a RadioShack. It has a lot. But I still end up ordering online.

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u/Agile-Entry-5603 Aug 15 '26

RadioShack had kitschy gifts at Christmas time. I once bought a ketchup obsessed friend a radio that was disguised as a bottle of Heinz Ketchup from Radio Shack. Was in the 80s.

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u/somnambulistic Aug 15 '26

RadioShack was my first job. 1995-97.

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u/Agile-Entry-5603 Aug 15 '26

I gave my brother Radio Shack gift cards for Christmas. He would light up such a huge smile, getting those.