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37. Anyone remember when they gave a 10% discount to shareholders and lots of people, including yours truly,

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 09:09 PM

21 hrs ago

bought one share just to get the discount?

When they eventually figured it out and ended the program, they bought the one share back at market without a stock sales fee - in the days when brokers made a bundle on sales fees.

Anyone remember the nickname of the TRS-80 - affectionately called the Trash 80?

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

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

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

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

I Liked Lafayette Better! BBbats Yesterday #28

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

take a pic, and mopinko Yesterday #6

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

the ceo in the late 60's mopinko Yesterday #7

Tried to buy a replacement cable to a radio Orrex Yesterday #8

Corporatism proved once again... GiqueCee Yesterday #10

Remember Heathkits? James48 Yesterday #9

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

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

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

Bozos bagimin Yesterday #13

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

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

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

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

I know because I am one of the volunteers. However, I'm on indefinite hiatus until I have my leg back. Wonder Why 21 hrs ago #36

I'm sorry to hear that. I wish you a faster painless recovery. Buddyzbuddy 18 hrs ago #42

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

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

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

There are still... 2naSalit Yesterday #20

Change or die SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday #21

Thanks for posting. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #22

The video is AI-generated and narrated, on a channel that's almost completely AI, adding about one AI video highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #41

I worked at a Radio Shack for years hurple Yesterday #23

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

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

I had a 'Trash-80' which I liked GenThePerservering Yesterday #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 Yesterday #29

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

Their electronic components were expensive. hunter Yesterday #31

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

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

Another AI-generated channel. highplainsdem 23 hrs ago #35

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

There are a lot of videos on YouTube about RadioShack. highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #43

It's the tech bro capitalist philosophy -- if people are buying that crap, they will sell it. hunter 15 hrs ago #44

Anyone remember when they gave a 10% discount to shareholders and lots of people, including yours truly, Wonder Why 21 hrs ago #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 21 hrs ago #38

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