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OMG this is hilarious. Yeah, um, Radio Shack. What do they even sell there that is useful anymore? Remarkably, I was able to buy a potentiometer a couple times and even a transistor once, but when the cashier rang it up he had a wierd look on his face. It was either a look of "what is this?" or "we sell this?"

I don't know what is wrong with that place. They sell cell phones, TVs, and computers. Now, if you are going to buy a cell phone, I assume you'd go to a cell phone store (verizon, cingular, t-mobile, nextel/sprint etc). If you are going to buy a TV, you go to Circuit City or some place like that. If you are going to buy a computer, you go to a computer store like Fry's or CompUSA or some place like that.

Radio Shack sells all these things that people can get elsewhere at better prices, quality, and service.

I don't know what they are trying to do with themselves. Maybe not that many people need diodes, resistors, and other small electronic components anymore like they used to. But I have no idea who would go to Radio Shack to buy a cell phone, computer, TV, or otherwise. I don't know what their target customer is. I'm baffled.

Anyway, on this thing, yeah, it is like a lessoned learned. Radioshack isn't the place to buy a USB-serial converter. Actually, I can't think of anything that Radio Shack is the place to buy it. Maybe magnet wire. But that's about it and give it 2 years time and they probably won't sell that anymore.