[ML-General] No More Radio Shack

david ainut at knology.net
Fri Feb 6 10:11:52 CST 2015


we used to have 4, not counting Radio Trash.  All shut down.  Mock was 
the last one.




On 02/06/2015 09:55 AM, Joshua Pritt wrote:
> Here in Florida near Melbourne Makerspace there is a locally owned 
> business called Jaycon Systems.  They are the ones we normally go to 
> for parts and things.  Perhaps there's a similar place near there or 
> someone could start a similar business there in Huntsville?
> http://melbournemakerspace.org/
>
> http://www.jayconsystems.com/
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Jacob Chancery 
> <jacob.chancery at gmail.com <mailto:jacob.chancery at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     They declared bankruptcy yesterday.
>
>     So, is there any other place I can go to buy electrical
>     components?  I mean, for a planned project I would just buy
>     online.  But for an emergency repair, it sure was nice to have a
>     local store.
>
>     I once spent hours disassembling my mini-van power sliding door to
>     figure out that the problem was a corroded limit switch
>     <http://www.radioshack.com/spdt-switch-with-3-4-roller-lever/2750017.html#.VNTe9J29l8F>. 
>     Luckily I could pick up a new switch from Radio Shack and fix it,
>     instead of having to reassemble it broken and wait for an order to
>     arrive.
>
>     -Jacob
>
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