RadioShack Now Offering Mac Accessories

iGrip said:

Just goes to show what anecdotal "knowledge" is worth.

In their most recent fiscal quarter, their gross sales were $1,296,100,000.00.

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Actually, I've seen them go up and down in sales over the years here. Now they are very busy, to the point of "I want service now, and I'm not going to wait anymore", that busy. In fact here, it's almost mandatory that they be bi-lingual, or at least the shoppers have to bring their kids with them. It's been a real culture change in customer base.

It used to be an empty store, with no customers too, I kind of liked it like that, I hate to wait on line.

walmart has great prices, which is why i shop there. I also order stuff online and have been very pleased. They started with one store too. if other retailers dont like them thats too bad

iGrip said:

There is only one Mall*Wart anywhere near me in
Watertown MA. It is many miles away, in an exurb. Even if they had a closer store, I wouldn't shop there, as it is responsible for way too much evil sheet.

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ElTorro said:

Nothing wrong with it, but it looks like a true Apple fanboy looks down on every other retailer, such as Best Buy, Fry's or RadioShack.

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I thought so. Well before I knew of any Apple Retail store, I found Macs at Fry's. Fry's is always a madhouse, but generally speaking, they have always had everything I could ever need.

Toltepeceno said:

So we (Mexico) are a part of the US now and nobody told me?

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You missed the memo? Check your junk mail folder.

Rat Shack has jumped the shark so hard and so long ago it's name should be erased from our vocabulary.

I bought a 4S there in January and the sales guy did everything he could to try to get me to buy a case or car charger for the phone. He was so disappointed when I told him this was not my first iPhone and I had every accessory I could ever want for an iPhone. They probably don't make anything from iPhone sales so they push accessories.

I have a box full of headsets, usb cords and wall chargers from olds iPhones that I have sold over the years.

alhavel said:

Hey, it's only 5 miles away, versus 15, for Best Buy, and 40 for Apple. I'll take it.

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Lucky . . . for me it's 2 miles to the Shack, 70 to Best Buy, 200 to Apple.

RadioShack computers

DisMyMac said:

Won't this cannibalize Tandy sales?

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I still have the Tandy 1000 HX computer my family purchased back in 1987. The last time I fired it up in 2006, I played a rousing game of Space Quest III. I'll have to put it back together and see if it still works.

I also remember RS selling IBM Aptivas, probably around the early 90s. Don't recall them selling any computers any longer. Perhaps a couple of keyboards and mice, these days.

Wow, I can't believe some of the stupid replies that are being posted. I really don't care where I buy my Apple products as long as its convenient and priced right. Lets see....closest Apple store is a 100 mile round trip. Best buy is over ten miles away. Radio Shack and Walmart are both 1/2 mile from me. I try to avoid having products shipped to me as I sometimes don't get home from work until late at night. I just bought two iPads from Walmart I guess I should of driven 100 miles to the Apple Store instead.

steveh said:

You missed the memo? Check your junk mail folder.

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We live in a small pueblo, it takes the guy with his burro a while to get here.

(My running joke with the wife about email where we live)

litmag01 said:

For this reason love shopping there. While others waited in line for their iphones and ipads, they nad no lines and were not sold out.

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Enjoy your $25 audio patch cable and $6 AA battery 2-pack.

SmileyBlast! said:

I've just had crappy experiences at Radio Shack. I don't go there. I'd go to BestBuy or FutureShop or even Walmart before I went there.

Let Walmart carry these accessories as well and people would go there before they went to Radio Shack too.

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ZOMG I've been to Best Buy and Wal-Mart and have HORRIBLE experiences there. Clearly, Apple should just not bother selling things because the unwashed masses ruin everything...

What I mean to say is that your personal anecdote means nothing.