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I used to work for RS...
Posted by Eric [Email] (more from Eric) on Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:30:59
In Reply to: OT: rad** shack, brick8, Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:41:51
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I used to work for RS back in the late 90’s and I loved it. My dad managed one back in the 70’s when they had a “lifetime speaker guarantee”. Of course I’ve always been into electronics since I was 5 years old so it was a perfect job for me back when I was in college. Back then they still had the resistors, capacitors, every type of RF adapter you could dream of; in fact the back half of the store was nothing but “parts”. The only name-brand thing in the store was Sony at the time. And they discouraged selling anything Sony because the profit margin was so low. They pushed the RS branded things, which were just re-labeled name brands anyway. I remember looking up in the computer what the company cost for an item was compared to the retail cost – most of the markups were 100-150%! The store I worked at was so slow, I believe we were the lowest volume store in our district but our location put us in a good population center with the closest major retail stores at least 30 minutes away. As far as I know the store is still there today.
I used to work Sundays by myself from 12-5 and business was usually slow so spent most of the time arranging the electronic parts in the back of the store! I was such an electronics geek! Always got yelled at for not upselling but how many batteries, adapters, cords, etc does the customer needed! One thing they never did was include batteries, even when buying a TV with a remote, you as the sales clerk was supposed to “upsell” the batteries. I never did, tore the bar code off and would give them to the customer and write it off as “store stock”. But back then you did have to understand everything in the store including the electronic parts and take tests to prove it.
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Posts in this Thread:
- OT: rad** shack, brick8, Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:41:51
- Wow - well preserved catalogs; major memory lane!, AeroBaron, Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:21:05
- Remember Lafayette?, JerseySaab , Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:19:30
- beauty!, Les_H, Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:01:25
- Awesome link!, Eric, Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:01:34
- Seconded!, Eric Law, Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:26:02
- so sad...., Dean C, Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:25:41
- Re: OT: rad** shack, TML , Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:25:08
- Re: OT: rad** shack, William, Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:06:40
- The one near me is OK., Noel, Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:24:59
- Have they stopped grilling customers at checkout, AeroBaron, Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:46:23
- I used to work for RS..., Eric, Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:30:59 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: OT: rad** shack, James, Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:36:01
- For a good time..., JerseySaab , Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:13:51
- Agree wholeheartedly!, Skip, Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:37:02
- Re: OT: rad** shack, SWEDECAR , Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:17:22
- Another retail victim of our times I suppose, MI-Roger , Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:49:01
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