For a really long time Radio Shack was synonymous with hobbyist electronics- they had a location in virtually every mall and shopping center in the country wher

For a really long time Radio Shack was synonymous with hobbyist electronics- they had a location in virtually every mall and shopping center in the country where they sold little plastic baggies of resisters, capacitors, and the like- not to mention kits, tools, small electronics, etc. Then they basically all turned into cell phone stores and became irrelevant.