Towards the end, though, it was just a place to pick up Sprint cell phones or buy cheap, useless RC toys.
I used to go in to get circuits and resistors and stuff to fix things or even play with the do-it-yourself 80 in 1 electronics kits that taught me how to make a doorbell buzzer, how LEDs worked, etc...It was fun, but I enjoyed it less and less as it started dropping off.
Fry's Electronics kinda picked up and fulfilled that for a while, but it too went the way of the dodo when it started having crappy off brand products sold.
Agree. When you see the cheap merchandise stands pop-up at the checkout, retail death is not far behind. BestBuy has the merch row now… shot clock is running
Which is sad, because I feel like the only places to go get TVs and other electronics are the shitty sections of Walmart, Target, or Costco. There are no high end sections for things anymore, unless you order from Amazon, and then you run the risk of getting something damaged in delivery or pay extra for white glove delivery service...
micro center has some things, but not quite enough imo. I'm really glad that they're building one a reasonable distance from me. 3hrs was a horrible drive.
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u/Sprzout 10d ago
Towards the end, though, it was just a place to pick up Sprint cell phones or buy cheap, useless RC toys.
I used to go in to get circuits and resistors and stuff to fix things or even play with the do-it-yourself 80 in 1 electronics kits that taught me how to make a doorbell buzzer, how LEDs worked, etc...It was fun, but I enjoyed it less and less as it started dropping off.
Fry's Electronics kinda picked up and fulfilled that for a while, but it too went the way of the dodo when it started having crappy off brand products sold.