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Oneironaut

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30. I miss stores like RadioShack, and this makes me feel a certain way. Mostly nostalgia.

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:38 PM

Mar 19

There’s something that just feels better about walking around a store and finding what you need, or, something good enough. I wasn’t old enough to have appreciated RadioShack or electronics stores. Microcenter is the last store like it, and, I love that place. I wish one was closer.

I can’t stand Amazon. I can’t stand Walmart either, but, will probably even miss that one day, because, at least it isn’t an online slop factory of subpar, barely functional merchandise.

Online isn’t always better. It’s faster and cheaper, and more convenient, and, that always wins sadly. I want to exist in a society and go shopping amongst other people, but, society seems to be trending more and more towards turning everyone into hermits.

It’s sad. I know they weren’t always convenient, but, 90s stores will always be nostalgic to me.

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Great Memories: What Happened to RadioShack? The Store That Taught America How to Build Things [View all] LiberalArkie Mar 19 OP

It certainly was a big help to me over the years... hlthe2b Mar 19 #1

Lafayette Electronics closed its doors even earlier -- corp. mismanagement. eppur_se_muova Mar 19 #2

I miss Lafayette, Mock Electronics, and W&W here in Huntsville. House of Roberts Mar 19 #4

I Liked Lafayette Better! BBbats Mar 19 #28

Back in those days, you could go in there with a thing you needed to replace, House of Roberts Mar 19 #3

take a pic, and mopinko Mar 19 #6

My husband still misses that store. He could get components for his various projects. Ritabert Mar 19 #5

the ceo in the late 60's mopinko Mar 19 #7

Tried to buy a replacement cable to a radio Orrex Mar 19 #8

Corporatism proved once again... GiqueCee Mar 19 #10

Remember Heathkits? James48 Mar 19 #9

Built two Heath Kits in 1969, a radio receiver and an amplifier. PufPuf23 Mar 19 #16

Heh. I remember that particular Pacific Stereo well.... 68er Mar 19 #27

Amazon needed to have been busted up decades ago Blue Full Moon Mar 19 #11

Bozos bagimin Mar 19 #13

Remember RadioShack wayback when it had government surplus. Sneederbunk Mar 19 #12

I miss it very much. Nobody fixes anything, anymore. Buddyzbuddy Mar 19 #14

Find your nearest Repair Cafe, a non-profit which can work on anything from broken zippers Wonder Why Mar 19 #18

Thank you Wonder Why, for the information. Buddyzbuddy Mar 19 #33

I know because I am one of the volunteers. However, I'm on indefinite hiatus until I have my leg back. Wonder Why Mar 19 #36

I'm sorry to hear that. I wish you a faster painless recovery. Buddyzbuddy Mar 19 #42

A good friend of mine built a computer from Heathkit Norbert Mar 19 #15

Laz used to manage a Radio Shack in a little rural strip mall near a military base. haele Mar 19 #17

We purchased our first computer, the TRS 80 from Radio Shackwhen our son was 7 or 8 yrs old. scarletlib Mar 19 #19

There are still... 2naSalit Mar 19 #20

Change or die SocialDemocrat61 Mar 19 #21

Thanks for posting. LudwigPastorius Mar 19 #22

The video is AI-generated and narrated, on a channel that's almost completely AI, adding about one AI video highplainsdem Mar 19 #41

I worked at a Radio Shack for years hurple Mar 19 #23

I take it that the manager did not get to go on the cruise. LiberalArkie Mar 19 #26

My son worked at a RadioShack for years. StarryNite Mar 19 #24

I had a 'Trash-80' which I liked GenThePerservering Mar 19 #25

If I had a time machine I would go back to the 70's and buy up all the vari-loop coils I could get my hands on yaesu Mar 19 #29

I miss stores like RadioShack, and this makes me feel a certain way. Mostly nostalgia. Oneironaut Mar 19 #30

Their electronic components were expensive. hunter Mar 19 #31

A very happy memory is buying a breadboard, some LEDs and other components for my son when he was in elementary school. NNadir Mar 19 #32

The same thing that happened to Wolf Brand Texas-Style Chili...capitalism. pecosbob Mar 19 #34

Another AI-generated channel. highplainsdem Mar 19 #35

I didn't watch the video. I rarely do. hunter Mar 19 #39

There are a lot of videos on YouTube about RadioShack. highplainsdem Mar 19 #43

It's the tech bro capitalist philosophy -- if people are buying that crap, they will sell it. hunter Mar 20 #44

Anyone remember when they gave a 10% discount to shareholders and lots of people, including yours truly, Wonder Why Mar 19 #37

The closest fucking thing now to those kits is a little motherfucking robot you can make with a Raspberry Pi at the core SoFlaBro Mar 19 #38

I saw a Radio Shack this week, but not in the USA IzzaNuDay Mar 19 #40