That's probably about it.

RadioShack, at the corporate level, is run by idiots who think that doing something stupid is better then doing nothing. They can't settle on a marketing scheme. They re-arrange store layouts several times a year (which is a pain in the ass, and detracts from customer service); this is always planned out by a fucking idiot who just pulls the new layout from their ass, and we spend 2 months fixing their bullshit because it doesn't work in the real world. They literally shrink the size of products in the diagrams just to make it fit.

They are pretty profitable right now, but this has more to do with the guys on the ground. Most the store managers are pretty good at their jobs, as are district managers. If I were as bad at my job as the corporate people are, I'd be out on my ass.

Radio Shack not only had what I was looking for, but they let me exchange a headphone set I bought that clenched my head like a vice grip. After I told them how painful it was, they let me try out another model right there in the store (they took it out of the package!), and it was much more comfortable. They're a really nice set of headphones, and they fold up too, for added portability.

Radio Shack nowadays is still pretty different than what it was in my youth. Back then it was seen as more of a hobby shop; a place where you could go to get hardware for science fair experiments, or when you wanted to build something yourself. Today, it is a retailer just like any other place. We probably have the cell phone revolution to blame on that.

I might have thought items at a store called "Radioshack" were outdated, but I'm pretty sure any items I but at "The Shack" are going to be straight up rusty!