RadioShack

Maybe it’s DC or just a poorly managed one. Came I looking for a portable charger. They have tons and I was being helped by an associate and we came across one that was labeled at a very good price. Cool I’ll take It. I go pay for it and it pulls up wrong I’m like dude it was cheaper on the tag. The entire line had the sale price. Dude was oh I’m sorry that’s tomorrows sale price! Really… WTF why would you put up sale signs early and not honor the price. They kept oh the dates on there and we can’t. Really… When an entire section has sale signs I’ll tell you this you aren’t looking at the date Just the oh hell yeah good effing deal. So basically I walked out with nothing, I mean really that is not how you run a business. I know because I’m in the industry you gotta honor a price if it’s there regardless if the date is wrong, it’s false advertisement. God I can see radio shacks days are numbered if they have lazy bonehead management making decisions like this.

I tend to visit this location on my lunch hour because I keep thinking it’s going to save me some time by not having to stop at another location on the way home.
Every single time, I walk out wondering why I just did that.
Have a question about an item? If it’s not about a phone or a phone plan, you’re pretty much out of luck.
I’m here for special batteries or electronic components. While I’m glad that this location carries Arduinos and related products, no one here knows anything about them — or anything, really. But they’ll be happy to sign you up for a Sprint phone plan.
That is, if you can actually get someone to talk to you. I’ve never seen more than two people on the floor here. One of them is always helping people in the cell phone section. The other *may* be at the register. Maybe. If you’re lucky. Make sure to bring your lucky rabbit foot. No one will ask you if you need help (unless maybe you’re looking at phones).
While this location stocks a fair bit of electronics on paper, their actual stock is very disappointing. The selection of components is small, and many of the items are just out of stock — and we’re not talking about uncommon pieces that no one uses — parts everyone needs for every build are just always out of stock.
So, now even though I tried to save some time by stopping into this location, I’m still going to need to go to another one on the way home to get the rest of the parts I needed.

I’m not one to leave reviews for corporate places, but I am inclined to do so after my not so pleant experience there yesterday. Perhaps someone from corporate will see it and take care of it. *crosses fingers*
So, I’m giving this place 1 star for sheer poor customer service.
So I walk in and the girl at the counter asked if I need something and I let her know I needed an av cord that connects an iPad to a tv and she promptly replied, «NO, we don’t have it.» I asked her again if she was sure and she said no. Then another associate walked by, and she asked if they have an AV cord, and the other associate said, «mumble mumble.» and went about her business. At this point neither of them were helping me. So I went up to the girl at the counter again, and she yelled at the other associate, do we have it? And the other girl yelled back, ‘YES, it’s over there!“
The only reason I bought the cord there was because I needed it for a presentation in a few hours. If I were in charge of them, they would not be working there anymore knowing that that is not how I would want my customers treated. It seemed like I was the burden to them, getting in the way of their work…

OK. I may make an exception here. But I came over in a tizzy as my iPhone battery was in the red and needed a charger. I was thinking about a wall plug-​in and having to spend $ 40 for the privilege. The knowledgeable young woman there thought a bit and then asked if I wanted to save money. Of course, I told her. She searched around the stands and picked a battery powered charger. Of course, it needs Lithium batteries, so it can be expensive, but for an unexpected emergency, it saved me from spending lots of $$$ or having to go back to the office.

I went in there to buy a simple wireless router. The clueless sales girl had no idea what I meant. Had to get her manager, who looked at her as if to say, «you mean you don’t know what a wireless router is, and you work at Radio Shack, and you work for me?»
Anyway, they had to go to the back room, and three wireless router hunts later, we were in business.
I brought it home, and found that it had been pre-​programmed. Had to wipe it first, which is a pain.
All in all, this Shack lived up to its ghetto rep.

Located literally next door to a huge construction site, this tiny storefront is lucky to see any foot traffic! The couple of times I’ve braved the noise of jackhammers, the shopping experience was otherwise painless: The greeter asks me if I need any help, I say I’m looking for this doohicky, the greeter hands me the doohicky, I buy it, and I’m on my way back to work. I’m not sure I would go there to pick out a fancy stereo or anything, but for the random thumb drive or power strip this store is an easy lunchtime stop.