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From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Re: Radio Shack
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Date: Sun, 9-Feb-86 09:50:01 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  9 09:50:01 1986
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> >If I wanted to make a snide comment about R/S, it would be about their
> >prices.  They set prices as if everything in the store was premium
> >quality, which not everything is.
> 
> Yah, this is my major problem with R/S. Things like speaker wires and cables
> with RCA connectors are 2-3 times more expensive than elsewhere.  You
> would think that they would price items like this at near market - so you
> would go into R/S whenever you needed electronics.

	I find that two particular categories of items are EXCEPTIONALLY
overpriced at Radio Shack: batteries and telephone accessories like jacks,
cords, etc.  Apparently Radio Shack feels they have a captive market when a
customer buys some OTHER Radio Shack item (like a telephone, calculator, etc.)
requiring an additional accessory purchase.  List price for a package of
Mallory or Eveready alkaline batteries is LESS money that what Radio Shack
charges for an equivalent battery; given the choice, I would always take
Mallory or Eveready to some battery of unknown quality and origin which carries
the Radio Shack name.  In general, Radio Shack telephone jacks, cords, etc. are
twice the price of equivalent items sold at K-Mart, drug stores, etc., and do
not appear to be of great quality.

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