Radio Shack says old tubes in the garage...not spiffy up to date ear buds, etc.

Radio Shack had an identity and purpose 30 years ago. They catered to the electronic and technology hobbyist. Now our society is so dumbed-down that people just sit in front of tubed and tweet. Radio Shack has become this strange Frankenstein of a shop that is about 3/4 bad cell phone store and 1/3 poorly stocked electronics store. They don't do anything well now.

I was in a RS twice this week buying some audio connectors. Both times I had to wait 10 minutes at checkout because the store's two employees were trying to sell phones to customers. Who buys phones at Radio Shack anyway?

It isn't going to help to close stores. They have lost their way. They need to decide if they are a phone store that is half as good as the telecomm phone stores or Best Buy. Or are they an appliance store that only has 1/10 as much stock as Wal*Mart? Or can they go back to their roots, which is the technology enthusiast?

I'm not sure there is a business model that will work for them. But I know operating tiny stores that don't do anything well isn't the answer.

them and Best Buy...always felt shoddy and lacking life, years ago and now.