RadioShack

always can find the item I need here

Last minute we decided to go camping; however, I needed to do a little computer work… which meant I needed power. Radio Shack is always my ‘go to place’ for these types of needs and I swung into this one because it was close to the dog sitters. The manager could obviously see I was in a hurry, so I told him I needed a car charger for the laptop Within 2 minutes he found the charger, rung me up and out the door I went! And while he had no control over it, it was on sale! I love it when the staff knows the product and can read the situation!

I started to tell a story of my experience– but won’t waste my time. Employees are rude, unpleasant, and I will never come back to this store. I felt unwelcome. I walked into the store in a great mood. Came out with a scowl and couldn’t wait to hit Unilocal!!!

As with any other RadioShack, I can never find what I’m looking for. This place’s employees don’t even know anything about electronics. Surprises they’re still open.

Ok, I cannot seem to find a friggin laptop cord that will charge my 5 year old laptop (I know, I know, that’s like 10 trillion years in technology years, I must be some cheap ass fruit for not throwing this one into the heap at the dump and conforming to mass consumerism. I am an idiot who does not deserve to find a replacement power cord. But I digress…).
So, after determining that I would only find universal crappy cords that would not work on eBay, Hubby and I decided to bite the bullet and… actually drive to a store… and buy one– just like we used to in the good ‘ol days.
This Radioshack is very near to our house so we swung in. Much to my surprise, there were 2 very helpful women working the floor. They even opened packages and attempted to charge the laptop while we were there. We wound up spending $ 108 (on a stupid cord which we later found out powers the laptop but doesn’t actually seem to charge it, so I guess it will be going back) and walked out decently happy.
So, even though overpriced and not perfect, I guess technically we got what we needed and the service was pretty good. On a side note, I am only giving the overall experience 4 stars– for some reason every experience I have ever had with a Radioshack indicates that it attracts douches (I hope this isn’t a reflection on me going there). There was a total jerk customer who was jerky to my little boy and kept saying stupid things like «WOW, this is a LOT of batteries for $ 9.99, what would I even DO with ALL these batteries??». Yes, jerk, it is a good deal. Don’t buy them if you don’t need them. And a weird guy with a boy who seemed be trying super hard to seem super smart and know-​it-​all-​ish. Great, I don’t need to know that your dumb parents saw fit to give you a cell phone at the ripe old age of 9 or that you understand blue tooth technology.
Anyway, its not Radioshack’s fault that they have moronic customers, but it is a tribute to their outdated marketing, store displays and organization, and somewhat lame variety of slim pickins cell phones and remote control Tonka Trucks. If they would just try a bit harder to join this century instead of making time stand still they would probably do better.
But what do I know, this is all just my opinion. Anyone know where a loser can get a functioning power cord for a 10 trillion year old Gateway laptop?