Hehehe....Adafruit.com sells some 3D printer parts.

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Hehehe…Adafruit.com sells some 3D printer parts. It may be a game changer for this community too.

Originally shared by Nathaniel Stenzel

Limor Fried aka Lady Ada of Adafruit Industries and http://adafruit.com seems to have just bought Radio Shack. I think it may make a come back. Lady Ada is known as the top female hobbiest electronics geek and their website has a lot of instructional videos for young electronics engineers.
This is the best news for the electronics industry in the USA that I have heard for a very long time!
https://twitter.com/adafruit/status/916473322203992064

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Wow this could be big

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This is pretty awesome news… but those cables in the background, ARRGGGGHHH

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It’s been four days since those images were posted and they’ve said nothing of the sort yet. Right now I don’t see any reason to believe that they bought anything more than antique stock certificates as collectors items. As much as I’d like to see a local AdaShack, it seems like a stretch in an online age.

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I can only hope it is what I think it is.

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They just bought common stock certificates that were being auctioned off.

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I’m at least curious to see if anything happens.

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Seems a risky image to post… maybe just an oversight. I’m sure they are worth millions but to buy even a failing radio shack would probably take investors to help. If so, it could be a huge distraction. Or a huge triumph if it can be saved. It would be a hugely risky move. Brick and mortar is the opposite of where they are at right now.

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With the throughtput and organization of a Radio Shack, using vending machines instead of clerks would be a step up. That is for now.

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At least in my area, the radio shack franchises have been reselling adafruit products for a while now.

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I think I saw Adafruit stuff at the last one I visited too.

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Congratulations! I worked at Radio Shack for 3 days and left because verbal abuse that I witnessed there. It was a weird experience. One day I went there to purchase an adapter, and they took out the extensions and try to sell me Radio Shack ones. The box clearly indicated that the extension came with it. They were very dishonest there.

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@Dart_Gar Let’s try to keep the discussion on topic and not just bash Radio Shack

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In the 80’s, radio shack was Like a candy store. Dad and I would go in and stay until we saw every single item in the store. My first soldering iron was from there and it kept me rolling on projects.

I used to just buy random stuff hoping I could use it someday… I just wanted to have cool parts lying around.

I would love it if they survived

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@Brook_Drumm I used to do the same thing. I found a bag in my closet recently from the 90’s filled with 74 series ICs, and misc. other parts that I bought from Radio Shack. I think I had a plan for them at the time. :slight_smile:

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@Dart_Gar I don’t believe she’s following this conversation.

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I’m thinking they either got a larger partnership with RS (they partnered with them at the beginning of the year to sell Adafruit products) to possibly handle their retail stores, or possibly bought stock in them.

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The code for their discount from the “ask an engineer” was radiofruit so they are on to something :wink:

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@Adam_Steinmark thanks for the info.