RadioShack Blocked from Trying to sell Personal Data
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General Wireless obtained bankruptcy court approval to purchase RadioShack's entire e-commerce business, intellectual property and remaining assets, including certain customer data limited by this settlement. In March, General Wireless, a subsidiary of RadioShack's largest shareholder, purchased 1,750 RadioShack stores out of the bankruptcy.
Out of the 8.5 million customer email addresses in RadioShack's files, the new owner will be allowed to retain only a limited number of email addresses, specifically the email addresses of those who specifically requested product information within the last two years.
http://www.virginiafirst.com/news/court-settlement-blocks-radioshack-from-selling-most-customer-data
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There used to be a Radio Shack near me and I used to always wonder how they stayed open. The only thing that sucks about them going away is if I need some resistors or something I'll have to probably order them online.
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@tonyshowoff said:
There used to be a Radio Shack near me and I used to always wonder how they stayed open. The only thing that sucks about them going away is if I need some resistors or something I'll have to probably order them online.
They barely carried those of recent. That was the down fall of RS they changed from a hobby electronics store to a Consumer electronics & cell phone store - and a very bad one at that.
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Yeah, when I was a kid going to RS was cool. Something the people "in the know" did. In the last ten years it turned into where idiots wanting cell phones went. It was embarrassing to go there. And consequently, no one did.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Yeah, when I was a kid going to RS was cool. Something the people "in the know" did. In the last ten years it turned into where idiots wanting cell phones went. It was embarrassing to go there. And consequently, no one did.
I wasn't around for it in the 80s or very early 90s RadioShack, but from movies like Short Circuit 2, it did seem to me to be cooler. I haven't been to one in a long time, a few years I guess, and they still had some resistors and things, but they were hidden away in a single drawer.
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RS in the early 80s was freaking cool. Nothing but awesome electronic stuff.
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I had a Tandy TRS-80 computer with the Cassate tapes. It would've been 10-12 years old when I had it though.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
I had a Tandy TRS-80 computer with the Cassate tapes. It would've been 10-12 years old when I had it though.
Still have two of them.
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RS was the best place for starting a electronics project. Since the it got into the cell phone, TVs and crap, it's gone down hill. Of course, with cell phones and such, things like two way communications has suffered. They don't carry anything really related to that genre anymore... Which is sad since I need some coax cable.. i'll order it online since they don't have what I need...
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@g.jacobse All true, and you probably just saved $20 and got it delivered.
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@MattSpeller said:
@g.jacobse All true, and you probably just saved $20 and got it delivered.
Back in the day RS wasn't so overpriced. For the last decade or two they were insane. Anyone with a clue knew not to buy anything there as the prices were the worst.
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@scottalanmiller t'was my first job in the early naughties - just as they started ramping up in a big way
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My first three jobs closed down while I was working there.... I wonder if RS would have sooner if I worked there haha
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My first job closed down right after I quit. I have a history of quitting a week or so before everyone else keeps working but without getting paychecks.
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@scottalanmiller said:
My first job closed down right after I quit. I have a history of quitting a week or so before everyone else keeps working but without getting paychecks.
So, you're saying you're the grim reaper of businesses
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@tonyshowoff said:
@scottalanmiller said:
My first job closed down right after I quit. I have a history of quitting a week or so before everyone else keeps working but without getting paychecks.
So, you're saying you're the grim reaper of businesses
It would appear so.
