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RadioShack Files for Bankruptcy

27 points by prateekj 12y ago

leeoniya 12y ago
previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8892913 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8892913
- kens 12y ago
  That was the preparation for bankruptcy. This is the official filing, which is a different thing. (I have a relative who leases a building to Radio Shack, so I'm watching this closely.)
watmough 12y ago
This is a pretty sad day, but it's been a year since I set foot in a RadioShack. Then it was to buy a relay so I could solder up a 'hack' to allow me to watch DVD's on my Pioneer car DVD player without have to jiggle the E-brake. At least a little bit of RadioShack will continue to live on in my car.
- mikestew 12y ago
  A bit off topic, but if you have an AVIC NEX series, there's a software hack for that involving pushing a few times on the screen. See avic411.com. OTOH, if you're informed enough to wire a relay bypass, you're probably informed enough to know this already and know it doesn't apply to your model. :-) Even more off topic, I was going to email this to you but your addy isn't in your profile, despite stating in your profile to email about employment opportunities. :-)
aceperry 12y ago
A little more info about the bankruptcy filing here: http://www.wsj.com/articles/radioshack-files-for-bankruptcy-1423175389 http://www.wsj.com/articles/radioshack-files-for-bankruptcy-...
ryanmcbride 12y ago
A week or two ago I went in there to get a cassette aux adapter for my car, and they wanted $20. It's sad, but I'm not surprised.
- rtpg 12y ago
  considering that branded ones are $15, and you have to pay for the store upkeep and the service of getting it instantly instead of waiting for shipping (i.e. paying for a storefront), this really doesn't seem like an unreasonable price. $40 for an HDMI cable though...
jchendy 12y ago
Do we know what's happening with the half of stores that are being sold?
vibrolax 12y ago
I picked up the last 2 rolls of silver-bearing solder at my local Radio Shack last weekend. The manager told me he would be ordering more, and not to worry about bankruptcy because a chain with 4000+ stores would not disappear overnight. As if. Of course there are alternative suppliers, but having that one favored product got me in the store during all the dark years of their decline.
- madengr 12y ago
  I still use a roll of RS branded SnPb solder. The flux in that smells really good; nothing else like it.
madengr 12y ago
RIP! My first memories of RS (probably 5), pushing the Orange button on a Model I and hearing the 8" drives growl and clank. Thought I had broken something and got really scared. Although I suppose bankruptcy does not mean RIP, but they won't be the same. The again, they have never been like the 70's and early 80's. Maybe I'm just looking through colored glasses, but electronics were more fascinating then, especially the early days of personal computing.

27 points by prateekj 12y ago

leeoniya 12y ago

previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8892913 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8892913

kens 12y ago
That was the preparation for bankruptcy. This is the official filing, which is a different thing. (I have a relative who leases a building to Radio Shack, so I'm watching this closely.)

watmough 12y ago

This is a pretty sad day, but it's been a year since I set foot in a RadioShack. Then it was to buy a relay so I could solder up a 'hack' to allow me to watch DVD's on my Pioneer car DVD player without have to jiggle the E-brake. At least a little bit of RadioShack will continue to live on in my car.

mikestew 12y ago
A bit off topic, but if you have an AVIC NEX series, there's a software hack for that involving pushing a few times on the screen. See avic411.com. OTOH, if you're informed enough to wire a relay bypass, you're probably informed enough to know this already and know it doesn't apply to your model. :-) Even more off topic, I was going to email this to you but your addy isn't in your profile, despite stating in your profile to email about employment opportunities. :-)

aceperry 12y ago

A little more info about the bankruptcy filing here: http://www.wsj.com/articles/radioshack-files-for-bankruptcy-1423175389 http://www.wsj.com/articles/radioshack-files-for-bankruptcy-...

ryanmcbride 12y ago

A week or two ago I went in there to get a cassette aux adapter for my car, and they wanted $20. It's sad, but I'm not surprised.

rtpg 12y ago
considering that branded ones are $15, and you have to pay for the store upkeep and the service of getting it instantly instead of waiting for shipping (i.e. paying for a storefront), this really doesn't seem like an unreasonable price. $40 for an HDMI cable though...

jchendy 12y ago

Do we know what's happening with the half of stores that are being sold?

vibrolax 12y ago

I picked up the last 2 rolls of silver-bearing solder at my local Radio Shack last weekend. The manager told me he would be ordering more, and not to worry about bankruptcy because a chain with 4000+ stores would not disappear overnight. As if. Of course there are alternative suppliers, but having that one favored product got me in the store during all the dark years of their decline.

madengr 12y ago
I still use a roll of RS branded SnPb solder. The flux in that smells really good; nothing else like it.

madengr 12y ago

RIP! My first memories of RS (probably 5), pushing the Orange button on a Model I and hearing the 8" drives growl and clank. Thought I had broken something and got really scared. Although I suppose bankruptcy does not mean RIP, but they won't be the same. The again, they have never been like the 70's and early 80's. Maybe I'm just looking through colored glasses, but electronics were more fascinating then, especially the early days of personal computing.