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Radio Shack is clearancing Parallax PIR and PING sensors...again.

Too_Many_ToolsToo_Many_Tools Posts: 765
edited 2014-03-24 12:07 in General Discussion
FWIW...I stopped in to three RS stores over the weekend and found Parallax PIR and PING sensors on clearance...again

This is after they were cleared from the shelves after the Great Fall Clearance ended.

Any one know what is going on?

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  • Buck RogersBuck Rogers Posts: 2,185
    edited 2013-12-05 07:50
    Too_Many_Tools wrote: »
    FWIW...I stopped in to three RS stores over the weekend and found Parallax PIR and PING sensors on clearance...again

    This is after they were cleared from the shelves after the Great Fall Clearance ended.

    Any one know what is going on?

    Hello!
    Nothing worth mentioning in public. I can tell you that I visited a store yesterday looking for a specie of battery holder, and it turns out that the site has no idea of how to sell things, and the company has lost its way.
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,392
    edited 2013-12-05 08:07
    Too_Many_Tools wrote: »
    Any one know what is going on?

    No, even I don't know what's going on with my favorite customer.

    They're still placing purchase orders with Parallax, however.

    Ken Gracey
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-12-05 10:51
    Ken Gracey wrote: »
    No, even I don't know what's going on with my favorite customer.

    They're still placing purchase orders with Parallax, however.

    1) Dangit, I always hoped I was your favorite customer.

    2) Please sell them some more Xbee pairs so I can pick some up for pennies on the dollar.
  • fataldavefataldave Posts: 61
    edited 2013-12-05 11:03
    What price are they at now? I noticed they went to $25-ish after the last clearance, not on the website anymore. Was in there the other night looking for the vice on clearance and noticed they must have sent back or had another clearance since the last as the Micro/Sensor area went from 40+ products to now 4 Arduino and 8~10 sensor/add-ons boards!
  • Too_Many_ToolsToo_Many_Tools Posts: 765
    edited 2013-12-05 14:57
    Ken Gracey wrote: »
    No, even I don't know what's going on with my favorite customer.

    They're still placing purchase orders with Parallax, however.

    Ken Gracey

    LOL...make sure you get your cash up front.

    I wondering if they had to tried to return inventory and Parallax had told them "No, No, No".

    Now I suspect their liquidation buyer had a clause that allowed them to pick and choose the bones they could pick.

    If so more clearanced Parallax items may surface at the local RS.
  • Too_Many_ToolsToo_Many_Tools Posts: 765
    edited 2013-12-05 15:01
    fataldave wrote: »
    What price are they at now? I noticed they went to $25-ish after the last clearance, not on the website anymore. Was in there the other night looking for the vice on clearance and noticed they must have sent back or had another clearance since the last as the Micro/Sensor area went from 40+ products to now 4 Arduino and 8~10 sensor/add-ons boards!

    Yes the parts selection has gone to heck.

    The PINGs were $19.97 and the PIRs were $6.97.

    Meanwhile the RS version of the PIR was $12. ;<)
  • Roger LeeRoger Lee Posts: 339
    edited 2014-03-23 15:08
    Hard to believe, PING))) still in Radio Shack.
    Stopped in my local store Friday March 21st and bought 2 Parallax PING))) sensors for $9.97 each ( plus tax )
    :cool:

    I was sure these were gone months ago.
    I asked if they had more and was shown some "not-pings".

    Glad I finally got in on this deal.
  • 4x5n4x5n Posts: 745
    edited 2014-03-23 15:16
    Too_Many_Tools wrote: »
    Yes the parts selection has gone to heck.

    The PINGs were $19.97 and the PIRs were $6.97.

    Meanwhile the RS version of the PIR was $12. ;<)

    Last week I bought out all the PIRs that my local radio shacks had for ~$5 each. They didn't have any Parallax pings though. They did have some knock off brand though! I took a pass on them!
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2014-03-24 06:12
    Periodic clearances sales are a very common retail business promotion. This is not an indication that RadioShack will never carry the same product again and it may actually lead to an eventual increase in demand.

    In Taiwan, nothing really flies off the shelves of any store until they offer at least 20% off. The culture is that it is shameful to pay 100%.

    Besides, the people that buy these units are likely to see something to go with them at 100% and decide that one-stop shopping is easier than waiting for the other items to go on-sale.

    After all, if the Parallax units are better quality and people trust that Parallax unit will give them better long-term information support; there are good reasons for Radio Shack to sell both... they make more money by having a wider range of customers.

    You can't just sell the cheapest goods and keep your business viable.
  • jdoleckijdolecki Posts: 726
    edited 2014-03-24 12:07
    The one in Villa Park, Illinois on north ave has QuickStart Boards for 19 dollars

    Got on when I bought a pack of 1k resistors

    They have 1still on the rack.

    And from Micro center I got a 4x20 lcd and a gps sensor for 60 buck

    So I supported my local stores and parallax for 90 dollars last weekend.
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