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I pillaged the local radio shacks

TCTC Posts: 1,019
edited 2014-08-01 11:51 in Propeller 1
Hello all,

As most of you know my dad had a stroke last weekend. He is doing good, but it is going to be a long, hard road for me and my wife.

We went to breakfast at my dad's favorite place to eat. Next door to the restaurant is a radio shack. I go in just to look around, and to get my mind off things for a little. While looking around, I found 2 quickstart boards. Knowing others have said they are on clearance, I took one of the boards to the counter to do a price check. Sure enough, they were $7.49 each. I grabbed the other one, and bought them. Then I asked the associate to see if other stores had them in stock. And 2 stores within 10 miles from me had them. I went to the other 2 stores and bought what they had in stock.

So now I can say "I am a proud owner of 6 QuickStart boards"

TC
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  • GenetixGenetix Posts: 1,754
    edited 2014-07-18 12:20
    You can never have too many QuickStarts so pillage on my friend.
  • TCTC Posts: 1,019
    edited 2014-07-18 16:10
    Genetix wrote: »
    You can never have too many QuickStarts so pillage on my friend.

    Agreeded!!!

    All the other stores around the area are out of stock.
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2014-07-18 16:25
    Sorry to hear about your dad. Here's hoping for a speedy recovery. I had to get my QS boards from EBay. $22.00 for 2 of them was not bad considering none of the Shacks in my area had them. I did get the Shack's version of Polymorph for a killer price!!!
  • Bill HenningBill Henning Posts: 6,445
    edited 2014-07-18 18:10
    I hope your dad recovers quickly!

    Nice haul from RS!!!
    TC wrote: »
    Hello all,

    As most of you know my dad had a stroke last weekend. He is doing good, but it is going to be a long, hard road for me and my wife.

    We went to breakfast at my dad's favorite place to eat. Next door to the restaurant is a radio shack. I go in just to look around, and to get my mind off things for a little. While looking around, I found 2 quickstart boards. Knowing others have said they are on clearance, I took one of the boards to the counter to do a price check. Sure enough, they were $7.49 each. I grabbed the other one, and bought them. Then I asked the associate to see if other stores had them in stock. And 2 stores within 10 miles from me had them. I went to the other 2 stores and bought what they had in stock.

    So now I can say "I am a proud owner of 6 QuickStart boards"

    TC
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  • wmosscropwmosscrop Posts: 409
    edited 2014-07-19 11:21
    I hope your father will recover completely.

    My local store had 2 boards on the pegboard @ $43.99. Asked for the price check and they came up as $7.47. Bought 'em both.

    One board had a thick antistatic foam insert and one didn't. The one that didn't also didn't have the led demo program in eeprom. Neither had been previously opened. Curious.
  • DavidZemonDavidZemon Posts: 2,973
    edited 2014-07-22 08:43
    Woot! Didn't know these were on mega sale :D I'll be headed to the local radioshack after work today!
  • Ding-BattyDing-Batty Posts: 302
    edited 2014-07-25 19:26
    I just bought the last one in the RS store in Lenox, MA for $7.97.
  • AG5ATAG5AT Posts: 5
    edited 2014-07-26 14:30
    I got the last two in Little Rock, Ar.... $7.97 Was still marked $43. Asked to check and the computer showed $7.97.
  • GenetixGenetix Posts: 1,754
    edited 2014-07-26 19:44
    These have been on sale for a while but be aware that these are all Revision A. You will find Revision B at Parallax and most other retailers.

    If I recall there is a newer FTDI chip and some small board additions such as SMT pads on the bottom.
  • MystakaphorosMystakaphoros Posts: 1
    edited 2014-07-27 06:34
    Got mine here in Newark, DE. Not really sure what I want to do with it yet, but here's to farting around!
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2014-07-27 08:30
    Mystakaphoros wrote: »
    Got mine here in Newark, DE. Not really sure what I want to do with it yet, but here's to farting around!
    You are invited to try this... Follow this link for to much fun.

    Welcome to the Forum Mystakaphoros.


    -Tommy
  • TCTC Posts: 1,019
    edited 2014-07-28 04:28
    Thank you everyone for the concern. My dad is doing good. We moved him from Florida, up to Ohio so he can live with me and my wife. The damage only affected his speech, and some very minor motor skills. Both of those can be helped with therapy.

    I am glad to see others taking advantage of RS closeout price.

    TC

    PS. Now that things have settled down a little, I can get back to my reflow oven.
  • dbpagedbpage Posts: 217
    edited 2014-07-28 12:20
    I bought a few at $7.47 and all of metro Detroit is now out of stock. Thanks for the heads up. I almost missed out completely.
  • GenetixGenetix Posts: 1,754
    edited 2014-07-28 16:25
    That's good news, TC.
  • Little-endianLittle-endian Posts: 91
    edited 2014-08-01 11:51
    I wish your dad a speedy recovery.

    Thanks for the heads-up on this. I pillaged two RadioShack's in my area yesterday and was able to score a handful of QuickStart boards.
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