David Allen

What's So Special About RadioShack? - Barron's

The last time I was in a Radio Shack store was 5 years or so ago. My wife and I went there because she wanted a calculator, like my handy dandy Radio Shack Calculator, that requires no batteries.
"We don't have them anymore," sayeth the clerk. "Well, what do you have?" He showed me a calculator that required batteries. $20 or thereabouts. ok, I said, I'll take it. He proceeds to take out the batteries. "What the hell are yhou doing?" "The calculator doesn't come with batteries. They are extra." We went across the street to Fred Meyer and bought a Texas Instrument Calculator that requires NO batteries. COST: $8.95 PLUS TAX . . .Less than $10 total.