I've been to 6 or 7 local Radio Shacks and every one had "sold" stickers on all of the small parts cabinets. All were marked with the same persons' name so I guess either somebody needs a LOT of storage, or I'll be seeing the cabinets on Craig's list.
JBP
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Well, here is the "rest of the story." I forgot to post it sooner.
I was right, about 2 weeks ago a listing appeared on Craig's List for Radio Shack store fixtures, so I called. They were at a "location" on the northwest side of the city, which is outside my daily travels, and why I missed it in my earlier visits to the stores in my vicinity. When I got there, it was a former Radio Shack, but the close out was being run by a liquidator.
When I emailed the Craig's List contact. they told me $ 100 for each set of parts drawers. When I arrived at the store, the kid working asked me how much I was quoted, so I said $ 75.00 each. He got on his cel phone and was discussing it with a woman, whose voice I could hear. She asked him how many I wanted, and when I said 3 sets, she said "sell them to him for $85.00. So, I drove away with 3 at 85, on top of which they added the sales tax.
It was funny, the drawers still had all those electronic parts that Radio Shack used to sell. After the kid hung up the phone, he asked me how much I would pay if he left the parts in the cabinet. I probably could have used a FEW of a couple of those parts, but really couldn't use most of them, they would have been more stuff to store and move around, so I told him to keep it all. That kind of ticked him off, so he said he needed a couple of hours to empty them. I went down the road and had a burger and a beer and went back. The drawers were empty, all the stuff had been dumped into one big box, about 3' square. That must have taken him 10 minutes.
There wasn't much left in the store, but I'll be in the neighborhood tomorrow and will drive by to see what is going on. If they are still there, I'll see about picking up a couple more. If not, well, it will be a nice ride.
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