# Radio Shack is having a corporate auction **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947 "2017-06-02T17:55:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/1 "2017-06-02T17:55:22Z")
[Here’s your chance to get a blast from the past](https://consumerist.com/2017/06/02/18-fascinating-items-from-radioshacks-corporate-memorabilia-auction/#more-10279830) with items, trinkets and memorabilia from The Shack. I wouldn’t mind getting that TRS-80 Model 80 notebook computer. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/2 "2017-06-02T18:01:55Z")
I wonder if I can buy my dignity? 'Cause The Shack certainly fucking took it. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/3 "2017-06-02T19:12:54Z")
#5 is a painting?! Man, I would _hate_ to be the guy to have to crouch all that time. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/4 "2017-06-02T19:23:14Z")
Wow. I worked with RS back when they were almost still relevant. I suspect some of my stuff might be on those auction shelves. They were one weird fraggin’ company even then. Not too unlike a cult - somewhere between Scientology and what WalMart HQ is supposed to be like. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/5 "2017-06-02T19:34:13Z")
Yeah, I remember calling once and getting the greeting “Hello, Radioshack. You’ve got questions and we’ve got answers.” Felt too cult-like and scared me off. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/6 "2017-06-02T19:36:05Z")
wow I wonder how much that trash 80 is going for … I remember when i lived near a radio shack … and playing on one of their last computers they made a cartridge of the Robocop game … and I bought the last pc I owned my self with a CompuServe 300$ rebate (remember that disaster for isp’s ?) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/7 "2017-06-02T19:37:10Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > wow I wonder how much that trash 80 is going for … I remember when i lived near a radio shack … and playing on one of their last computers they made a cartridge of the Robocop game … and I bought the last pc I owned my self with a CompuServe 300$ rebate (remember that disaster for isp’s ?) There’s a direct link to the auction in that article mentioned in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/8 "2017-06-02T19:52:10Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > wow I wonder how much that trash 80 is going for … I remember when i lived near a radio shack … and playing on one of their last computers they made a cartridge of the Robocop game … and I bought the last pc I owned my self with a CompuServe 300$ rebate (remember that disaster for isp’s ?) A TRS-80 with 5 GB of memory sounds - hold on…what? My bad - with 5 MB of memory sounds like - excuse me? Make that 5 **KB** of memory (just like the old Commodore VIC-20). As for CompuServe, didn’t that predate most ISPs? I remember buying airline tickets in 1992 using its Eaasy Sabre (a simplified version of American Airlines’ Sabre system) interface. And that $300 was good for, what, 25 hours at 1200 baud (or 75 at 300)? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/9 "2017-06-02T20:25:23Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I wouldn’t mind getting that TRS-80 Model 80 notebook computer. Then you’d have to find cassette tapes somewhere, to run the software. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/10 "2017-06-02T20:46:51Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Yeah, I remember calling once and getting the greeting “Hello, Radioshack. You’ve got questions and we’ve got answers.” Felt too cult-like and scared me off. When I worked there, they had a promotion going on, and we had to answer the phone thus: “\*Thank you for calling Radio Shit, where your purchases can earn you miles on American Airlines”. \*:rolleyes: I worked with an old guy, with a thick accent, who spoke very slow and deliberate. It took him about a minute and a half to recite this tripe. 😃 Goddamn, I hated that place. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/11 "2017-06-02T21:33:14Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Then you’d have to find cassette tapes somewhere, to run the software. 😛 And a tape player to play the tapes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/12 "2017-06-02T21:36:36Z")
They sell a lot of junky telephone appliances but it was great to go there and pick up electronic parts back when. Not like they had a huge stock but a few 7400 ICs, 555 type timers, transistors and other discreet components, breadboards, solder, and the like. Didn’t seem like they’d ever get much past that point though, the rest of the world of consumer electronics sailed right past them. I’m kind of surprised they lasted this long. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/13 "2017-06-02T21:50:32Z")
I found out about their closeout sale online a bit too late. They had a really good price on something I’ve wanted. Nerts. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/14 "2017-06-02T21:51:09Z")
This reminds me of [Everything From This 1991 Radio Shack Ad You Can Now Do With Your Phone](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-cichon/radio-shack-ad_b_4612973.html) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/15 "2017-06-02T22:11:24Z")
I just noticed the box of CueCat barcode scanners. Once I decided I wanted one since they were trivially hackable to be used as general barcode scanners, RS had stopped giving them away. ☹ The current bid is $30. Good grief. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/16 "2017-06-03T01:42:32Z")
I visited my local Radio Shack last week, and bought a big bag of connectors at 90% off. Really sad to see the end where I’ve been shopping since I was a child. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/17 "2017-06-03T02:08:05Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > This reminds me of > > [Everything From This 1991 Radio Shack Ad You Can Now Do With Your Phone](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-cichon/radio-shack-ad_b_4612973.html) Thanks for sharing that. The writer missed two thing though: > [@](#): > > The only two items on the page that my phone really can’t replace: > > ``` > Tiny Dual-Superhet Radar Detector, $79.95. But when is the last time you heard the term “fuzzbuster” anyway? > > ``` That’s why I have Waze. With me as the navigator, looking for speed traps, he can leadfoot to his heart’s content. > [@](#): > > ``` > 3-Way speaker with massive 15” Woofer, $149.95. > > ``` No, just no. If I had my way, I’d outlaw speakers on phones just because of all the dildos playing music over their tiny phone speakers on the bus and train. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/18 "2017-06-03T02:19:00Z")
Mr. Burns: That fellow at Radio Shack said I was mad! Well WHO’S MAD NOW??? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/19 "2017-06-03T02:32:17Z")
Yeah, but I got all that shit already. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947/20 "2017-06-03T19:31:40Z")
I had not known they were going out of business. Sad. I remember buying parts there for a project I did for E-Sci in high school. ☹ I have a CueCat scanner, actually. Came with my purchase of Readerware, a program I use to catalog my books. It works pretty nicely once you get into the rhythm of swiping it across the ISBN bar codes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-is-having-a-corporate-auction/787947.md?page=2)