The Tandy Corporation, Part 1

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PaulHoule · 7h ago

One thing I always found weird about Radio Shack was that, even though ham radio was a lynchpin of hobby electronics, Radio Shack never sold ham radio gear. I mean, they'd sell you a 10-pack of resistors for $1 but they would never sell a transceiver or antenna -- which I think would have been much higher margin than those resistors.

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The Tandy Corporation, Part 1

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