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Unread 20-03-2006, 11:13
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Re: RadioShafted

I agree entirely with Dave and Ken.

Also, I bought a $40 USB to Serial adapter at Radioshack, spent 10 minutes installing the drivers, and havent had a problem since then.

Karma seems to be at work here; trying being honest, and then you can complain. At this point, everything is your own fault.

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Re: RadioShafted

I've got to agree with the fact that taking the part from the company with every intention of returning it afterwards was wrong... couldn't you have just kept it and had two? Back-ups can work wonders, as you've probably learned through all of this.

Honestly, insulting RadioShack is insulting ALL of the RadioShacks around the country... which isn't right. Just because a part was faulty does not mean that all the oarts in that store are faulty and all the stores in the US "suck" as you so 'kindly' put it.

Also, do you honestly think that CD and FIRST support your original plan...? That's kind of... not right, as many of us have stated before.

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Re: RadioShafted

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I agree entirely with Dave and Ken.

Also, I bought a $40 USB to Serial adapter at Radioshack, spent 10 minutes installing the drivers, and havent had a problem since then.
We purchased the same cable from RadioShack and have had no problems with it either.
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Re: RadioShafted

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Also, I bought a $40 USB to Serial adapter at Radioshack, spent 10 minutes installing the drivers, and havent had a problem since then.
If any of you have one of the Vex Programming Modules, the orange USB-to-serial cable that comes with that kit is exactly the same as the generic RadioShack USB-to-serial cable. The only difference is the Vex one is molded in orange plastic. I've used the Vex USB-to-serial cable with the driver that came with the Vex programming kit; so far it has worked flawlessly downloading code from MPLAB to our FRC robot.

I agree with Ken. I still like RadioShack, even though they have decided to stop selling the Vex kits. I may be disappointed at their decision, but I will not go out and start flaming their company because they stop selling a product line, or because I think they charge too much for an adapter cable. After all, they are a major sponsor for FIRST, and major sponsors are not easy to come by.

You are right, this is capitalism at work. If you think $40 dollars is too much for a USB cable, then go somewhere else. That is way more powerful an action than flaming their company. If they notice that they are not selling many of the cables becuase X store down the street is selling them cheaper, than capitalism will tell the company to lower their prices to stay competitive or drop the product.
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