If they’re like they were in their heyday (innovative computer tech), RadioShack for sure.
Radio shack for sure. Has anything electronic or computer related you need.
I miss Fry’s. It was nice if you were building your own PC to go in and get parts immediately. Amazon with their unfair no-taxes that crippled big box stores and mom and pop’s, and Netflix for videos by mail (remember getting DVD’s in the mail?) and then streaming began wiping out most of these, except Friendly’s.
I literally joined this thread to say what you said
Missing Fry’s buddies!
RadioShack
Movie store. Movie night was magical.
Idk what these places did, (double it and) give it to the next person
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Fry’s
https://www.toysrus.ca/en/home It Still is in business
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Radio Shack. And not the recent version. The OLD version with breadboards and soldering irons and electronics kits.
I remember being in high school and going in there to buy resistors and shit.
We were in there once or twice a month getting solder and random assortment of components for little home projects we had going. The workers also knew how to help and always had suggestions for the projects we were doing. I remember the day we (grandpa and I) went into the store and realized it wasn’t the same anymore. Only a small selection of components and the whole front was full of RC cars and random expensive electronic gadgets nobody asked for. We only went back once or twice, but it became evident that we can’t find what we were looking for there anymore. We started sourcing our parts from overseas vendors for fractions of a cent per unit, but we had to buy in bulk. We stopped doing those small projects because it was taking too long to get components and the cost was out of hand with thousands of unused components in boxes in the project room taking up space. Well, made myself sad for the morning.
That would be my pick as well. I still have a few of the free CueCats they gave away. After some easy modding, I use one to scan the barcodes of my books to add to a database on my comp. I miss old RS so much.
Yes please!🙏
Okay i was gonna be for toysrus but damn. I want that store to exist in my life right now.
RadioShack, with the drawers of capacitors and resistors.
I could see them have an entire section for RC cars and drones today.
Old Radio Shack, not that thing from 2015 that was functionally a brick and mortar cellphone stand.
Sadly the new one is all I have memories of
My condolences.
Aw man you were robbed! RadioShack used to be seriously amazing, a hobbyist’s dream.
Yes the old radio shack not the new one which was just a 3rd party cell phone carrier.
The drawers are the best everywhere. RadioShack? Component drawers. Home Depot? Fastener drawers. On and on.
I want DYI kits for everything!
And maybe bring them back with a good assortment of PC parts, too.
Radio Shack
No one else has electronic components
Fry’s. Some Microcenters. Al Lashers.
Fry’s also gone.
That’s not even a question, the spirit of radioshack with 2025 technology, that would be awesome !
I just want to be able to run down the street to buy a pack of overpriced unmarked capacitors anytime I need.
We have a few around me still. One in my town and one in the neighboring town. A bit pricey but I try to get what I can there since a best buy just opened up near them.
None of these ever existed in my country, except for Toys “R” Us, which still exists.
Sure? Thought they are now called Smyth’s or something.
Not here; They’re still called Toys “R” Us.
And from looking at the Wikipedia for Smyths it seems that they bought the Toys “R” Us stores in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Not really the same thing as here (Portugal, btw), I think, since they kept the branding, but IDK, I’m not an IP lawyer…