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The other day, an HN post showed RadioShack.com has changed hands and the home page is all about a new type of crypto. Just checked, still is. I’m surprised th

The other day, an HN post showed RadioShack.com has changed hands and the home page is all about a new type of crypto. Just checked, still is. I’m surprised that RadioShack link still works, including the Add to Cart and Checkout buttons! Maybe the new owners are keeping the old e-commerce side alive?

mwattsun 5y ago
I was wondering that too. I did some road trips in 2020 and was surprised to run across a functioning RadioShack in Montpelier, Idaho [1] so it's not dead. There's even a Tandy Leather store in Portland [2]. According to Wikipedia, the eCommerce portal is a going concern along with 500 franchises [3] and the branding, which is now owned by Tai Lopez and Alex Mehr who are taking into crypto-currency. The Radio Shack saga continues. Probably not interesting to younger people, but I have to admire the staying power of the brand when companies come and go all the time. Especially when I consider the Fry's Electronics in Silicon Valley are all shut down or selling junk on consignment. I don't know what happened there. [1] https://www.google.com/maps/search/radioshack/@42.3132621,-111.310369,14.67z https://www.google.com/maps/search/radioshack/@42.3132621,-1... [2] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tandy+Leather+Portland+-+21/@45.5032478,-122.5335422,11.48z/data=!4m9!1m2!2m1!1standy!3m5!1s0x5495a3944643fc01:0xb1c514ee0911cee8!8m2!3d45.55817!4d-122.5263451!15sCgV0YW5keSIDiAEBWgciBXRhbmR5kgELY3JhZnRfc3RvcmU https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tandy+Leather+Portland+-+2... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack
- Fatnino 5y ago
  Fry's is done. All stores closed.
- HeyLaughingBoy 5y ago
  I thought they were all gone by now, but just this last Saturday, I drove past a Radio Shack store in Farmington, MN! Wonder if they actually still have components or it's Yet Another Cellphone Store!

mwattsun 5y ago

I was wondering that too. I did some road trips in 2020 and was surprised to run across a functioning RadioShack in Montpelier, Idaho [1] so it's not dead. There's even a Tandy Leather store in Portland [2]. According to Wikipedia, the eCommerce portal is a going concern along with 500 franchises [3] and the branding, which is now owned by Tai Lopez and Alex Mehr who are taking into crypto-currency. The Radio Shack saga continues. Probably not interesting to younger people, but I have to admire the staying power of the brand when companies come and go all the time. Especially when I consider the Fry's Electronics in Silicon Valley are all shut down or selling junk on consignment. I don't know what happened there. [1] https://www.google.com/maps/search/radioshack/@42.3132621,-111.310369,14.67z https://www.google.com/maps/search/radioshack/@42.3132621,-1... [2] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tandy+Leather+Portland+-+21/@45.5032478,-122.5335422,11.48z/data=!4m9!1m2!2m1!1standy!3m5!1s0x5495a3944643fc01:0xb1c514ee0911cee8!8m2!3d45.55817!4d-122.5263451!15sCgV0YW5keSIDiAEBWgciBXRhbmR5kgELY3JhZnRfc3RvcmU https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tandy+Leather+Portland+-+2... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack

Fatnino 5y ago
Fry's is done. All stores closed.
HeyLaughingBoy 5y ago
I thought they were all gone by now, but just this last Saturday, I drove past a Radio Shack store in Farmington, MN! Wonder if they actually still have components or it's Yet Another Cellphone Store!