This is exactly it. I'm old enough to remember some of the expansions they tried in the 90's (a battery store, seriously?), but not old enough to remember the

This is exactly it. I'm old enough to remember some of the expansions they tried in the 90's (a battery store, seriously?), but not old enough to remember the cb days. To me, going to the local RadioShack was almost always a means of last resort or a lack of patience. The store was dirty, staff was consistently rude, and the merchandise was wildly overpriced. Slowly, the phones and other even more overpriced consumer electronics started taking over the stores and the DIY sections became nearly non-existent. Now, I shop at actual hobby DIY stores which have much better selections, pricing and customer service than RadioShack ever had and probably ever will. RadioShack itself is dead -- management is trying to force a big box concept into a small store and just doesn't get it.