RE: We've Got Answers...
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The staff at Radio Shack were pretty incredible people. I don't know how much those (mostly) dudes got paid, but I hope it is was a bit over minimum wage. The people in those shops knew how to repair almost anything and the stock of various resistors and what not, were extensive and they knew about each and every one of them. I don't even know how someone acquires that sort of knowledge but I guess the people who worked there were just tinkerers that enjoyed fixing stuff. There aren't many people around anymore that have that sort of knowledge.
One of the last electronics that I ever purchased in USA was a tablet from Radio Shack. I wonder if they are even in business anymore.
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No, they went out of business shortly after I stopped working there. Maybe 5 years later they went bankrupt. My stock that I had purchased went to zero and is worthless now. I think they still might have an online site, but all of the corporate owned stores closed down. I think there are still a handful of franchise stores out there. We didn't get paid much over minimum wage and our salary was a commission hybrid, so there really was a lot of incentive to upsell people which I never really liked.