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A hedge fund bought some assets out of bankruptcy and now the locations are basically off-brand cell phone stores.
by bronson 2y ago
A hedge fund bought some assets out of bankruptcy and now the locations are basically off-brand cell phone stores.
- cduzz 2y agoIn an alternate universe where Radio Shack still lived, wouldn't the real Radio Shack also be selling off brand cell phones? Systems like the Tandy Model 102 (cue "Bill Gate's last coding project!") were US localized Kyocera computers, for instance. Unrelated, even Sadly even You-Do-It closed their physical location.
- detourdog 2y agoThat is what I was searching for. I had hoped some Uber geeky cell phone store might exist in the area. I was hoping to find a store that specializes in routers over cellular backbones.
- cancerhacker 2y agoCoast Electronics in San Louis Obispo still flys the Radio Shack marque. I didn’t have a chance to stop in, but the yelp pages show drawers of components that might date back to when it was a RadioShack proper.