But I needed the parts right then and now so I couldnt wait
Doesn't that always seem to be the case? I can't figure out how "the shack" has stayed in business all these years. It can't just be from us last minute buyers that need it now. :,)
I went in one about a year or two back and it was bloody annoying... There was just some greasy headed, pimple faced, mouth breathing kid that did his dead best to sell me a cell phone, a car stereo, Pizza service (I don't remember which one) and remote control toy cars for my kids. DUH. My kids have kids.. Idiot..
I don't remember what I went in there for but I regret it deeply. I hadn't wanted to choke someone that badly in a long time..
He really put the hard sell on me for every piece of junk and cr*ppy service they had in there.
I told my dad about it and he had a few choice curse words to say about them. He reminded me of when I was little and he took me with him when he went to one of their stores to test TV tubes on a machine they had. He found the bad tubes, bought new ones and got a free catalog. Now they don't have any parts to repair anything at all and you can't even buy a catalog. Dad said about 20 years ago they went from giving them away to charging you for them and now they don't offer them at all.
He hopes they go out of business. I think I agree with him..
Oh, and I remember also when I was little, they had "Tandy" stores, I don't remember if they were separate or inside of or just next door to Radio Shack stores.. We used to always stop when we drove past one, Mom would buy me little leather craft kits. When we would make long trips they would buy me the kinds where I didn't have to use tools so I could lace leather wallets and stuff like that in the car. I made a little leather key pouch for my dad about 45 years ago and he still carries it in his pocket to this day with his keys in it.
I guess they killed off the Tandy stuff decades ago. I haven't seen or heard of Tandy in a very long time.
Oh well. I agree with you guys, Ripoff Shack is just exactly that.. I wonder how many women they have pressured into buying cr*p they didn't need and initially didn't even want....