It's great that Radio Shack is reaching out to the community and trying to stock more DIY items, however I'm not sure if it's going to work out for them.
DIY is a small subset of the population and a smart one. They're going to buy this stuff online, whether Radio Shack stocks it or not.
I read a AMA from a McD exec who said people are always complaining about them needing more healthy choices. Well, whenever they add them, no one buys them. The people who want that stuff aren't going to eat at McDonalds anyway, so why waste inventory space.
So, sure, i'd love to be able to be able to get in my car and get an arduino board and some servos, but I'm not sure if that one one trip a year or two from me is worth it.
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It's great that Radio Shack is reaching out to the community and trying to stock more DIY items, however I'm not sure if it's going to work out for them.
DIY is a small subset of the population and a smart one. They're going to buy this stuff online, whether Radio Shack stocks it or not.
I read a AMA from a McD exec who said people are always complaining about them needing more healthy choices. Well, whenever they add them, no one buys them. The people who want that stuff aren't going to eat at McDonalds anyway, so why waste inventory space.
So, sure, i'd love to be able to be able to get in my car and get an arduino board and some servos, but I'm not sure if that one one trip a year or two from me is worth it.
I don't know if it were cheap enough. I could see using them as a rush order place, a little more markup over mail order but much faster.