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Author Topic: Left for dead, twice, RadioShack gets another shot online  (Read 714 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Re: Left for dead, twice, RadioShack gets another shot online
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2020, 0734 UTC »
Cross-posting from https://swling.com/blog/2020/11/radioshack-has-a-new-owner-who-wants-to-make-it-cool-again/ ....

Radio Shack was not classic “Radio Shack” over 20 years ago; less long today. o.0

I was there as a part-timer for a few months around circa 1999 or 2000 to witness the change from niche strip-mall electronics shop to cell phone vendor. Depressing. Worst yet, salespeople apparently were making too much on cell sales and bonuses in certain markets, so the execs even started cutting into that pay model. Made it even more depressing for the frontline sales associates IMO.
« Last Edit: November 25, 2020, 0736 UTC by RobRich »
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Re: Left for dead, twice, RadioShack gets another shot online
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2020, 0324 UTC »
Radio Shack! You've got questions? So do we!
I was asked, yet another weird question, of how I would like to be buried, when I finally bite the big one. The answer was actually pretty easy. Face-down, like a certain historical figure in the late 1980's, (I will not mention who, but some of you will get it, and that's enough.) Why??? It would be a burial that will satisfy everyone: (1) My enemies will say that it will show me where to go. (2) On the same point, I can have my enemies kiss my butt. (3) It will temporarily give someone a place to park a bicycle. See??? A WIN / WIN for everyone.