03/25/09 12:22 - 34ºF - ID#48190

RadioShack!!

Yes, RadioShack! How do they stay in business? seriously. I don't get it....of all the chains to shutter the last 2 years...Circuit City, Linens & Things, KB Toys, RadioShack still remains profitable? What reason is there to enter one of these stores? Anyone have any insight?

tiburon1724 writes at 08:39:15 03/25/09 - Comment #47026: Maybe in some city stores it's because there are no other options, but RadioShack is typically in suburban malls and shopping centers, so a bulk of it's business may be in walk-in wanderers who get sucked in by high pressure salesmen? I don't know...maybe they're getting insane kickbacks from the aforementioned companies which is keeping them afloat.

metalpeter writes at 08:03:17 03/25/09 - Comment #47023: I still go back to the knowledge base. If you go to best buy it is some young kid who doesn't know what he is talking about. I think Best Buy is pretty cool myself and if I wanted a TV that is where I might go. "Hold on I have a call on my police scanner, they are talking about this same subject and it turns out lots of Private Eyes and spies and law enforcement go there and that is what keeps them open", Ha kidding of course. That being said A lot of people go there for movies and CDs. I think radio shack is good if you you just want like something you need. I also wonder if it is a city thing. What I mean is in Buffalo not sure about other places but Radio Shack used to be all over the city and to go to Places like circuit city you have to go out to the burbs. It would be interesting to have a real answer instead of just guesses.

tiburon1724 writes at 07:25:24 03/25/09 - Comment #47021: yes back in the day they had Tandy, Remote Control Cars, and were the only destination for most of what you've mentioned, but that's not the case anymore....they've done nothing to differentiate themselves in the market. They sell cell phones...well so does everyone else. They sell Sirius/XM...well so does everyone else. They sell DirecTV systems...well so does everyone else. They sell silly robotic toys...well so does everyone else. It's not like they're inexpensive, and their 59 cent XYZ to QWP adaptors etc don't bring in enough revenue to sustain a business...but their stock seems somewhat stable and while they did close a bunch of locations a little while back, there's no panic surrounding them for some reason. As someone in retail, it baffles me. There's a job posted for RadioShack District Mgr here, I might apply in hopes to interview just so I can ask! lol

metalpeter writes at 06:27:39 03/25/09 - Comment #47015: Not sure if this is true any more, but Radio Shack is where you get the techy stuff. If you have a TV that you want to hook up that is where you go to get all the wires and they will tell you how to do it. All those places with geek squad and firedog or what ever they are called are all copying what Radio Shack was. If you want to listen in on the cops go to radio shack. You want to make a Ham Radio or short wave radio go to radio shack. The only place that used to sell remote control cars was radio shack. They have all ways had the image of being the place where the people who know about Geek stuff work and do it for fun. Plus they used to sell IBM computers but call them Tandy or what ever they where. In fact I might be going there on my day off so I can get a Memory card reader. On a side note they don't put a lot of money into ads. They also don't have huge stores. If you go in and ask for some thing they can tell you if they have it. They have small stores that they don't have to pay to heat that are the size of target. I'm guessing that the stuff they sell they have a better profit margin on it.

jason writes at 04:57:57 03/25/09 - Comment #47008: Circuit City was very badly mismanaged. I don't know about the rest. Circuit City had nearly the same amount of employees Radio Shack currently has.

libertad writes at 01:45:25 03/25/09 - Comment #47000: i don't get it either.

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03/23/09 11:51 - 26ºF - ID#48177

and the hotel

Here is the hotel that will be part of Avant. Taking reservations beginning July 1!

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: personal life

03/22/09 09:31 - 32ºF - ID#48158

Roaming Buffaloes

Came across Roaming Buffaloes, a social networking club/group/whatever you want to call it. Looks like fun, there's an annual membership fee of $45 if it's paid before Thursday and some events have an additional fee while some are free...pick and choose what you want to do. I'm going to give it a try, expand my horizons ya know?

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Category: love life

03/22/09 09:28 - 32ºF - ID#48157

Speed Date

So I missed the party again I know, wish I could've made it. Looked like a good time again.

I've hit the realization that I'm older than I feel I am....and time is ticking. I feel I need to find the right woman and fast! I've tried things I never thought I would before....Craigslist, if you get through all the fake listings and don't end up getting mugged instead of a date, can be an ok method...met a girl I've been hanging out with lately but just am not really really into......I also went on a Speed Date held at Chocolate Bar which was actually a lot of fun. Couple really cute girls there, matched up with one of them and had the best date ever with her, but then she blew me off without explanation. arghh Oh well there's another one next month :)

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03/21/09 05:58 - 42ºF - ID#48146

Avant

So has anyone seen Avant yet? It's behind the Hampton Inn on Delaware/Chippewa. Freakin' awesome for Buffalo! Check it out

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Location: Buffalo, NY

03/18/09 06:17 - 42ºF - ID#48110

i'm back hopefully

if I can remember to post that is. I was thinking how I never really do anything exciting to post about, but then I thought back and realized there actually are a lot of things I could have posted about! So we'll see. I wanted to at least remind people I exist as I see there's a party coming up. I hope to attend if all goes to plan, this way maybe as many won't be like..."who the hell are you again?" this way lol.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

12/14/08 11:34 - 47ºF - ID#47063

procrastination

i've been missing in action a while now I guess. No real reason really, just like everything else. I was doing really well going to the gym regularly and all that fell apart, haven't been for a couple months now!!! Haven't done much of the tons of work I want to get done on my house, and today while watching the Bills game I meant to do some xmas wrapping but to no avail as I was too drawn into watching live fantasy updates....then went drinking. There goes my day off. I need an anti procrastinationist or something...someone to hit me with a taser when I'm being unproductive maybe?

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: movies

09/30/08 10:52 - 57ºF - ID#45868

Iron Man on Blu-Ray:

Hell yes. That is all.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: sports

09/29/08 10:53 - 56ºF - ID#45839

Kudos to the Bills!

Just a quick post to give props to the Buffalo Bills, who have started 4-0 for the first time since 1992 (our second Super Bowl season). There are only 3 other undefeated teams in the league right now, and one plays tonight, so a big deal it is indeed. We're not only ahead of the Patriots in the division but tied for first in the entire league! Now to beat Arizona next week and take a 5-0 record into the bye week. (crosses fingers)

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Category: phone

08/31/08 12:56 - 64ºF - ID#45520

I hate Apple

I've always hated Apple, but won't get into that now.
I am writing because I'm cut off from society because my iPhone is FUCKED!!! I open iTunes and it says a new version of iPhone is available, 2.02. So I click to Update. After like 5 minutes it says an unknown error has occured...update not installed. Now it only has an option to Restore, meaning I lose all data. GREAT!!!!! So I angrily choose that option. Well guess what, same deal. Now all I can do with my iPhone is turn it on to a screen that shows a USB cable going into an iTunes logo! wow!