 blackeyesI Believe You BillyPremium
join:2004-08-14
Ottawa, ON | reply to 34140721
Re: Radio Shack in Canada no more? We had one on Ottawa too. Merivale Rd near Carling. I don't remember its closing. Just disappeared. |
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 Happyrat6Google Is Your Best FriendPremium
join:2002-07-01
Disneyland | reply to MacGyver
Heathkit... Man that takes me back.  Remember you could have the fun of building your own 23" Console Color TV for just a few dollars more than buying one prebuilt That was like what? $1000 in 1973 Dollars
Anyway, there was one in Montreal too, up in Ville St. Laurent. Anyway Heathkit really did 99% of its business as a mail order catalogue store. The Brick and Mortar franchises were a late development when the company started to slide...
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blackeyesI Believe You BillyPremium
join:2004-08-14
Ottawa, ON
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Have they been gone so long they already have a museum. »www.heathkit-museum.com/ It was either there or Radio Shack if you were interested in CB's or other types of transceivers.
Interest:
What became of the Heathkit Company? Today, the Heathkit Company, Inc. is still located in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The Heathkit Company is completely out of the elctronic kit business and now concentrates on Heathkit Educational Systems electronic learning materials for classrooms, schools and training centers.
»www.heathkit-museum.com/history.shtml |
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Happyrat6Google Is Your Best FriendPremium
join:2002-07-01
Disneyland | reply to MacGyver
Holy Crap! Take a look at this baby... »www.heathkit-museum.com/computers/ec-1.shtml
Makes ya wish you were surfing the web with one of these don't it? 
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 shanerPremium
join:2000-10-04
Calgary, AB | reply to donoreo
said by donoreo:  If this was That 70's Show I would now yell "Burn!" Ooooh...a burn on a burn. That's a second degree burn!
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Click this and read. -> »www.actsofgord.com/index.html »Canadian Wireless FAQ |
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I worked for Radio Shack Canada for about 7 years. My first year was spent working in a GenEXXA location in the corporate home town of Barrie, ON. The purpose behind the GenEXXA store was not necessarily to change the brand names of products, although this happened in some instances. At the time, the purpose was to bring in more Branded products (i.e. Sony, Panasonic, Cerwin Vega, Klipsch, non Tandy branded computer products etc.) which was not allowed in a standard Radio Shack store (by the company Board and old school following). Robert Keto, then President & CEO of InterTAN, developed the idea to get around the inflexibility of Radio Shack's no-branded products issue and to prove that these products would sell very well in a Radio Shack-like environment. He was right. They sold extremely well. Eventually the GenEXXA project was scrapped and all Radio Shacks were allowed to carry these products. Radio Shacks hey day appeared to be during the eighties and early nineties. Their decision not to follow the mega store trend won them a loyal following among hobbyists and customers who needed more personal attention. In Canada, they strived to have the most knowledgable sales people and highest quality customer service. Their downfall was that they could not compete in the price game with Future Shop and the like. |
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Actualy Future Shop is owned by Best Buy, a competitor to Radio Shack USA and Curuit City. |
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