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Yes. We had Tandy here which was the UK version of Radio Shack and was a pretty 1:1 match to the US Radio Shack stores. I'm old enough to have been a member of
by setquk 8y ago
Yes. We had Tandy here which was the UK version of Radio Shack and was a pretty 1:1 match to the US Radio Shack stores. I'm old enough to have been a member of the Tandy battery club. Perhaps unfortunately.
The Tandy stores were pretty rubbish and overpriced. I've heard exactly the same complaints from people in the US at the time as well.
- TheOtherHobbes 8y agoTandy utterly failed to understand the UK's hobbyist culture. Maplin and the smaller mail order shops all advertised in the electronics monthlies and absolutely owned the market, because they gave the impression of being by-hobbyists-for-hobbyists and had huge customer loyalty. Tandy turned up with their price gouging, and were literally laughed at. They managed to sell some TRS-80s - not a bad little computer - but aside from that most hobbyists were either indifferent or aggressively contemptuous because of their insanely greedy pricing. Where Maplin understood how to build a loyal customer base by giving away free information in a massive catalogue, and creating projects that were challenging and fun, Tandy only ever seemed to see their customers as prey they could exploit. It wasn't a good look then, and it's not a good look now.