‘End of an era’: The last RadioShack in Maryland is closing its doors
I cried a silent tear at the end of this once great (or at least mostly good) company. ________________________________ From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> on behalf of Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2025 10:33 AM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Christian Liendo <cliendo@gmail.com> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] ‘End of an era’: The last RadioShack in Maryland is closing its doors https://wtop.com/calvert-county/2025/04/end-of-an-era-the-last-radioshack-in...
I was told and somebody can correct me if I’m wrong That there is still a Radioshack privately owned up in Boston I don’t remember where but maybe somebody could have the details available Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
On Apr 11, 2025, at 10:48 AM, Kelly Leavitt via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I cried a silent tear at the end of this once great (or at least mostly good) company.
________________________________ From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> on behalf of Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2025 10:33 AM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Christian Liendo <cliendo@gmail.com> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] ‘End of an era’: The last RadioShack in Maryland is closing its doors
https://wtop.com/calvert-county/2025/04/end-of-an-era-the-last-radioshack-in...
On 4/11/25 10:47, Kelly Leavitt via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I cried a silent tear at the end of this once great (or at least mostly good) company.
"Gamom, take me to Radio Shack!", I said, as I puzzled over the numbers on the back of the IC package. I was trying to power up my first integrated circuit, a 7400 (quad 2-input NAND gate) which she had purchased for me the day before. I strode up to the counter and asked the man what value of resistor I needed to drop 9V (from a battery) to the 5V required by the IC. He patiently explained that "it doesn't work that way" and, on the back of a sales receipt, taught me Ohm's Law. He spent quite a bit of time helping me understand it, correcting my erroneous assumptions, patiently working with me until I understood. After a bit of begging (we were poor) my grandmother purchased for me a 7805 voltage regulator. I was seven years old, living in Browns Mills, NJ. Fifty years has passed. As a design engineer, I use Ohm's Law every day. He's probably gone now, but I wish I'd caught that very patient Radio Shack salesman's name. Suits can and will destroy everything. Don't let them into your company. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
Hello! I agree. The current website refuses to confirm or deny if they plan on reintroducing everything that the previous incarnation carriedl. Someone with common sense and deep pockets needs to buy it away from those boobs, and reboot it properly. Now why did you read and reply to this using a smart device held by a Yeti who only called it to your attention? And who wore his blue work hat today. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@gmail.com "This signature was still fighting the timewars, Time and again." On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On 4/11/25 10:47, Kelly Leavitt via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I cried a silent tear at the end of this once great (or at least mostly good) company.
"Gamom, take me to Radio Shack!", I said, as I puzzled over the numbers on the back of the IC package. I was trying to power up my first integrated circuit, a 7400 (quad 2-input NAND gate) which she had purchased for me the day before. I strode up to the counter and asked the man what value of resistor I needed to drop 9V (from a battery) to the 5V required by the IC.
He patiently explained that "it doesn't work that way" and, on the back of a sales receipt, taught me Ohm's Law. He spent quite a bit of time helping me understand it, correcting my erroneous assumptions, patiently working with me until I understood. After a bit of begging (we were poor) my grandmother purchased for me a 7805 voltage regulator.
I was seven years old, living in Browns Mills, NJ.
Fifty years has passed. As a design engineer, I use Ohm's Law every day. He's probably gone now, but I wish I'd caught that very patient Radio Shack salesman's name.
Suits can and will destroy everything. Don't let them into your company.
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
Yeah, I don't see RS ever coming back from this absolute insanity Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV)
In November 2020, RadioShack's intellectual property and its remaining operations—about 400 independent authorized dealers, about 80 Hobbytown USA affiliate stores, and its online sales operation—were purchased by Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), a Florida-based company that had previously purchased defunct retailers Pier 1 Imports, Dress Barn, Modell's Sporting Goods, and Linens 'n Things, along with The Franklin Mint.[11]
In December 2021, REV announced they would use part of the brand name on a
cryptocurrency platform called RadioShack DeFi (an abbreviation of decentralized finance). The platform would allow customers to exchange and freely swap existing cryptocurrency tokens for a token called $RADIO through the new platform.[199]
The Twitter account for RadioShack gained notoriety in June 2022 when it
began posting tweets with not safe for work content in an effort to attract attention towards its cryptocurrency platform, then renamed RadioShack Swap.[200][201] The strategy, directed by chief marketing officer Ábel Czupor,[200] received a mixed reaction among dealers; HobbyTown USA subsequently terminated its relationship with RadioShack in response to customer confusion surrounding the posts.
On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM Gregg Levine via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Hello! I agree. The current website refuses to confirm or deny if they plan on reintroducing everything that the previous incarnation carriedl. Someone with common sense and deep pockets needs to buy it away from those boobs, and reboot it properly.
Now why did you read and reply to this using a smart device held by a Yeti who only called it to your attention? And who wore his blue work hat today. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@gmail.com "This signature was still fighting the timewars, Time and again."
On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On 4/11/25 10:47, Kelly Leavitt via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I cried a silent tear at the end of this once great (or at least
mostly good) company.
"Gamom, take me to Radio Shack!", I said, as I puzzled over the numbers on the back of the IC package. I was trying to power up my first integrated circuit, a 7400 (quad 2-input NAND gate) which she had purchased for me the day before. I strode up to the counter and asked the man what value of resistor I needed to drop 9V (from a battery) to the 5V required by the IC.
He patiently explained that "it doesn't work that way" and, on the back of a sales receipt, taught me Ohm's Law. He spent quite a bit of time helping me understand it, correcting my erroneous assumptions, patiently working with me until I understood. After a bit of begging (we were poor) my grandmother purchased for me a 7805 voltage regulator.
I was seven years old, living in Browns Mills, NJ.
Fifty years has passed. As a design engineer, I use Ohm's Law every day. He's probably gone now, but I wish I'd caught that very patient Radio Shack salesman's name.
Suits can and will destroy everything. Don't let them into your
company.
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
-- Dave Shevett shevett@pobox.com
I ! LOVE ! THAT ! STORY !!! On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On 4/11/25 10:47, Kelly Leavitt via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I cried a silent tear at the end of this once great (or at least mostly good) company.
"Gamom, take me to Radio Shack!", I said, as I puzzled over the numbers on the back of the IC package. I was trying to power up my first integrated circuit, a 7400 (quad 2-input NAND gate) which she had purchased for me the day before. I strode up to the counter and asked the man what value of resistor I needed to drop 9V (from a battery) to the 5V required by the IC.
He patiently explained that "it doesn't work that way" and, on the back of a sales receipt, taught me Ohm's Law. He spent quite a bit of time helping me understand it, correcting my erroneous assumptions, patiently working with me until I understood. After a bit of begging (we were poor) my grandmother purchased for me a 7805 voltage regulator.
I was seven years old, living in Browns Mills, NJ.
Fifty years has passed. As a design engineer, I use Ohm's Law every day. He's probably gone now, but I wish I'd caught that very patient Radio Shack salesman's name.
Suits can and will destroy everything. Don't let them into your company.
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 11:51:53AM -0400, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
"Gamom, take me to Radio Shack!", ...
That has to be one of my all-time favorite accounts of a young person's exposure to engineering.
Suits can and will destroy everything. Don't let them into your company.
In today's after-school special, we learn that when the suits show up in an unmarked van offering venture capital candy, do NOT get in the van with them. BLS
For those that may not be aware: Take a look at the 3rd picture.... https://pixelfed.social/p/murph/728787559226937635 Blairstown, NJ. ----- Original message ----- From: Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Christian Liendo <cliendo@gmail.com> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] ‘End of an era’: The last RadioShack in Maryland is closing its doors Date: Friday, April 11, 2025 10:33 https://wtop.com/calvert-county/2025/04/end-of-an-era-the-last-radioshack-in...
Seidels in Blairstown. They installed our C/KU band dish in the 80s. They're still in business? Don't go through there very often ________________________________ From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> on behalf of murph via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2025 9:23 PM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: murph <murphnj@murph.info> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] ‘End of an era’: The last RadioShack in Maryland is closing its doors For those that may not be aware: Take a look at the 3rd picture.... https://pixelfed.social/p/murph/728787559226937635 Blairstown, NJ. ----- Original message ----- From: Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Christian Liendo <cliendo@gmail.com> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] ‘End of an era’: The last RadioShack in Maryland is closing its doors Date: Friday, April 11, 2025 10:33 https://wtop.com/calvert-county/2025/04/end-of-an-era-the-last-radioshack-in...
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