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minus-squareFlowers Galore@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days agoWas Radio Shack as cool as Tandy stores in Europe?
minus-squareFlowers Galore@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 days agoIt was heaven for teenage nerds. Transistors resistirs wires soldering irons weeeeh and all in a paper catalogue to read for hours
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up19·3 days agoSounds like Radio Shack in the before times, that is until their primary focus became cell phones and dvd players.
minus-squareMachinist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoAnd batteries. They really wanted to sell you those batteries.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoThat’s because the cost of those batteries was like <$2 and sold for like 14-18 dollars. It was nuts seeing the cost of some things when it came time to get the employee discount
minus-squareTheRagingGeek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days agoPretty sure they must be related, considering yes radio shack sold that stuff as well, and they sold Tandy computers
minus-squarezloubida@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoRadioShack is a subsidiary of Tandy. It was not created by Tandy, but bought in the 60s.
minus-squareRcklsabndn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoFun fact: Tandy started as a leather company waaay back.
minus-squarezloubida@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-23 days agoAnd Tandy Leather still exists! It’s in better shape than Tandy Electronics (which is called RadioShack now, the bought ate the buyer). There’s a lesson here. Technology comes and passes, other things stay.
Was Radio Shack as cool as Tandy stores in Europe?
What is a Tandy store?
It was heaven for teenage nerds. Transistors resistirs wires soldering irons weeeeh and all in a paper catalogue to read for hours
Sounds like Radio Shack in the before times, that is until their primary focus became cell phones and dvd players.
And batteries. They really wanted to sell you those batteries.
That’s because the cost of those batteries was like <$2 and sold for like 14-18 dollars. It was nuts seeing the cost of some things when it came time to get the employee discount
Pretty sure they must be related, considering yes radio shack sold that stuff as well, and they sold Tandy computers
RadioShack is a subsidiary of Tandy. It was not created by Tandy, but bought in the 60s.
Fun fact: Tandy started as a leather company waaay back.
And Tandy Leather still exists! It’s in better shape than Tandy Electronics (which is called RadioShack now, the bought ate the buyer).
There’s a lesson here. Technology comes and passes, other things stay.