Electronics

[bonnielu]

It was my GO TO place for batteries or other electronic accessory devices. People behind the counter seemed to know their products and were very helpful. Sorry to see them go. We have only one store. Perhaps these nice people will be offered a job somewhere else.

[gardenman]

On 2/9/2015 poregirl said:

Amazon is looking to Aquire them

That's intriguing. I hadn't heard that. It makes sense though with their Fire Tablets, Kindles, Fire TV, Fire Stick, Echo, and whatever other devices they have hiding behind the scenes. (I'm thinking they're working on their own cloud computer to rival the Chromebooks.) They could stock the stores and provide a B&M outlet for their products. It would be kind of neat to be able to go into a store and use cash to buy something from their website. That could make them more accessible for people without credit/debit cards.

[dooBdoo]

On 2/9/2015 poregirl said:

Amazon is looking to Aquire them

I know, poregirl. I read last week they might buy a few of the stores (not all). Evidently, Amazon's looking at the possibility of some brick and mortar presence, and might use some of the stores for that purpose.

It's a funny twist... a company (Amazon) that was created to replace the physical stores is now contemplating opening a few of their own.

[feline groovy]

John Oliver's hilarious take on the situation:

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/john-oliver-made-perfectly-bitter-curse-filled-farewell-ad-radioshack-...

[Bird mama]

I just visited a Radio Shack on Sunday. When I checked CNN's list, it looks like that one will remain open .

[Lilysmom]

it really would be nice for AMAZON to have a B & M store. Good fit!