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Re: Radio shack basic electronics book
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Tue, 23 Nov 1999 22:57:24 GMT
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Jonathan Perret <JPERRET@CYBERCABLEspamcake.FR>
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> Radio Shack Canada has an online store ( http://www.radioshack.ca/rstore/ ).
> I found some basic electronic books you may want to order. I'm not sure if
> they're set up to deliver to France, but I don't see why not, if you paid
> the shipping. (They even have a French language site).
>
> http://www.radioshack.ca:80/rstore/search/Search.asp?&ct=rs%5Fsrc&so=rank%5B
> d%5D&qu=%28%40meta%5Fcopy%5Ftext+%28book%29+OR+%40meta%5Fname+%28book%29%29&
> mh=10&sh=10&ae=1&RN=11&qu_init=book
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> I thought they were everywhere. You can't throw a rock without hitting a
> Radio Shack in North America. Maybe a good franchise opportunity in France
> ;-)
>
> Seriously, I think they're part of Tandy Corp., so they may go under a
> different name in Europe.
radioshack.ca Canada doesn't ship outside Canada.
I couldn't find the book in the catalog at radioshack.com - I must be dumb
but I couldn't find how to make a search in the catalog so I had to
look at the list of the 161 available books and perhaps I missed the book.
Anyway, I don't think they ship outside US - I have tried to find out but
they won't tell you about their shipping conditions unless you give your
card number, apparently. But in the "commercial sales" section they say
they don't ship outside US.
I remember seeing a Tandy store once. I think that one does not exist
anymore. In any case, it was a consumer electronics only shop, it had
no parts.
Really, shops that cater to the electronics hobbyist are rather rare
around here (and I live in Paris !). And in general they are small shops.
We have no equivalent of shops that sell consumer electronics and parts
at the same time. To find parts you have to be "in the know".
Radio Shack says (on their site) that 94% of Americans live within 5
minutes of a Radio Shack store. That's scary. I wonder how they can
justify carrying electronics parts in so many stores. Surely not 94%
of Americans ever need to buy a LED or a resistor (let alone a
microcontroller) ?
Cheers,
--Jonathan
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Radio shack basic electronics book
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| I live in Los Angeles and we have two Radio Shack Stores within walking distance. They are busy all the time. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Perret" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:033f01bf3606$1b...able.fr... (...) (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Radio shack basic electronics book
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| The book is catalog #62-5003, cost is $4.99US. If you'd like I can buy a copy for you and ship it. Sorry about the assumption you has a store nearby - they are literally everyplace here. Probably only one store is more frequent - McDonalds. Paul (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Radio shack basic electronics book
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| (...) Hi Jonathan, try Conrad Electronics. They claim to be the biggest electronics online store in Europe. They have a "real" store here in Munich and I'm used to visit it. Their international site is at www.conrad-electronic.com (in English). They (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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