Now I know why Radio Shack filed for bankruptcy ...
Yesterday I received an email from Radio Shack that was promoting a sale on Roku 3's regular $99.99 now $49.99.
This is a great value. I can get Free Speech TV, Netflix, ...
When I went online, to order a unit, they were completely out of stock. So I entered my zipcode in the Locate Store field,
and found the store on my way home was the closest, so I stopped in to pick up a unit.
Again, they were out of stock. So the Salesperson, called around other stores in the area, and none of them had a unit
for sale. So he started calling the LA area, and again we could not locate a Roku 3, anywhere in So. Cal.
So, I called they 800 number and followed the instruction to purchase a unit over the phone. The salesperson at the other
end said that all they do is place the order online themselves and since they were out of stock, he couldn't place the order
for me. He then mentioned that the units were being shipped to all the stores at this time, but the store salesperson said
that he knows nothing about any additional Roku's being shipped to his store.
I asked when does the sale end, and was told July 18, Saturday. But I don't believe that even if the unit are currently
being shipped, they would not arrive in time before the sale ends.
This reminds me of an old butcher joke.
A customer goes to the butcher shop, wanting to buy a pound of sliced ham.
The customer complains to the butcher that, "$.99/pound is too expensive, and that the butcher across the street sells
sliced ham at $.89/pound."
The butcher says, "Why don't you buy your sliced ham across the street?"
The customer responds that "The butcher across the street is out of ham."
The butcher then responds "Well, when I'm out of ham, I only charge $.79/pound."
In this case, Radio Shack only offers a great deal on Roku 3 units when they are out of stock.
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at a 90% discount. Which is the same prices I'd pay for them online. 
And I did get hooks for my pegboard I hang my shop tools on 5 for a buck. So there's that.
Seriously, Radio Shack charges several dollars for things one could get for pennies or even fractions of pennies on say, Amazon. And they don't have an internet presence to compete.
If they were on top of their shit, they would be in a good position to capitalize on the "maker" movement. Electronics tools, component parts for circuits like resistors, fuses, and LED's. But they'd rather sell shitty burner phones and crappy AA batteries.
