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Butch wrote:
   >Well, you know their motto. "You got questions---  we got
   >batteries", or something like that.
   >Their hiring policies are strange as well.  There was a store here
   >in Vegas and I would go out of my way to go there because of a lady
   >working there who really knew her stuff.  Alice would help you find
   >what you wanted, and she'd look on the computer for you if they
   >didn't have it. She'd worked there for many years and last summer
   >they decided to fire her on some trumped up customer complaint.
   >They even tried to deny her unemployment, but she appealed and I
   >went to the hearing to testify on her behalf.  Radio Shaft didn
   >'t even bother to show up, and she at least got unemployment.
   >73s
Amen brother!  THe radio Slack in Burlington IOwa has had its ups and
downs with personnel.  Back in the days when I was running a Fidonet
connected bbs the store manager was one of my regular BBS users and
became a friend.  HIs dad was a ham from northern Illinois.

I could go in there in those days even looking for parts and if they
had it or could get it he'd get me the right part.  THen of a sudden
they promoted him then let him go, he became a district or regional
manager.

tHey got this little bimbo with her platform heels who couldn't find
anything, didn't know anything and was offended when I told her that
no I didn't want a cell phone for a penny and didn't want her to try
to sell me another long distance plan.  sHe couldn't tell the diff
between crimp-on and regular solder type Pl259 connectors, and forget
their mini rg8 coax, wouldn't have it as a gift.

That said the htx-202 and 404 were excellent value for the money.
Owned both radios and loved 'em.
THe 202 was built like a tank!!!
YEars ago  they had a guy who was the electronics technology teacher
at the community college as one of theri clerks and a couple of other
guys, th is was back in the '70's in fact.

73 de nf5b




Richard Webb

Electric Spider Productions
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