Radio Shack is owned by Tandy out of Fort Worth, Texas. Allied Electronics
is also head quartered in the Fort Worth area. Perhaps you are correct, but
I do not remember it. Allied and Lafayette merged sometime in the late
'60s. Allied was and may still be run by a lot of sharp ladies who know
their business. I visited the Fort Worth store and warehouse many times
over about 20 years. Come to think of it, they were operating out of an old
warehouse on what seemed to be a shoe string operation in the early 80s.
Maybe Tandy had just cut them loose again?
I really liked Lafayette Electronics and still miss them....LOL. I used to
buy components from them for radio and to make missle instrumentation.
Greg.
"Jere Lull" wrote in message
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In article , "Greg"
wrote:
The final kiss of death for me was when there never was any sales person
who
had a clue what a resister or capacitor is, nor the different types of
wire
(like RG8U vs. RG59 or 16 AWG stranded vs. solid), etc. The hired help
makes money on commission sales only and push the toys and stereos and
computers and so on. No reason for them to know any basic electronic
components or waste time stocking bits and pieces.
My local ones were a bit better when I was investigating LEDs, but it's
not nearly as good as it was back in the 60's. Then again, I doubt I'll
ever find that building is less expensive than buying -- even with EE
training, I can't keep up with the recent advances since it's not my
primary current subject.
I do like Mouser and Allied Electronics. I go to Mouser for low quality
and
low prices when it will suffice, then Allied for better quality. Most
of my
buying in the last 5 years has been from Allied.
Is that company in any way connected to the Allied that Radio Shack
merged with back in the 60's? They were THE catalog source back then.
--
Jere Lull
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