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Re: Radio shack basic electronics book
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 24 Nov 1999 00:42:33 GMT
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Jonathan Perret <jperret@^NoMoreSpam^cybercable.fr>
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> You can find them at : http://www.digikey.com/ or phone 1-800-344-4539, or
> 218-681-6674, (fax 218-681-3380). I would doubt the 1-800 number will work
> outside of North America.
Thanks for the link. They are definitely willing to ship anywhere in the
world. I couldn't find a precise quote on the shipping charges though,
only a mention of a $6 additional handling charge for international
orders. Now if they would carry the book...
> A lot of American companies are reluctant to ship outside a group of
> "approved" countries. I think it's just too hard to deal with all the
> government approvals & paperwork. I can't see why France won't be "approved"
> though.
Are you sure there's much paperwork to do ? It's funny to see that most
smallish companies will ship internationally whereas big fishes like
Radio Shack don't give a damn about foreign customers.
> I'd like to clear up the misconception that you'll get much help with
> technical information at Radio Shack. They are now mostly electronic toy,
> battery, phone, computer, etc. type stores. They used to have a very
> impressive stock of electronic parts, but now days they mainly stock the
> most popular stuff. I guess it's better then nothing, if you have one near
> by, but I rarely buy parts from them - just toys :-). They just can't
> compete with Digi-key if you need to buy a few items. The salesman are
> basically just salesman & they don't necessarily have any electronics
> knowledge at all.
Yeah, that's what I had heard - though experiences seem to vary from
store to store. Obviously they can't afford to staff 9600 stores with
highly competent technicians.
I don't miss Radio Shack - I know a few small parts stores and I have
the catalogs for several French mail-order firms, that's OK for me.
Still, it would be nice to have better access to electronics stuff
for beginners who don't know where to go at all.
Cheers,
--Jonathan
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| Jonathan Perret <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:03f701bf3614$cb...able.fr... <snip> (...) One (big?) reason might be that (all of) their consumer electronic products are capable to handle only 110V. Both Mac Donalds and Radio Shack (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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