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To: john defreitas who wrote (34016)	11/11/1999 10:18:00 PM
From: TARADO96	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Last time I visited Radio Shack? about 5 years ago. Last time I visited Circuit City? two weeks ago! I say this, though, RS is a good place to find batteries for cameras. Computers? don't think so. This "big" deal is nothing but a pimple on the road to new highs for AOL. It is almost comical the importance CNBS attributes to this news. John

To: john defreitas who wrote (34016)	11/12/1999 5:02:00 AM
From: pfierb	Respond to of 41369

You are so right,I think I spent $12.00 there in the last year they never seem to have it all together bunch of toys and obsolete computers not very exciting but they are great for alligator clips and phone jacks as you stated.I would never buy anything serious there. pfierb

To: john defreitas who wrote (34016)	11/12/1999 8:58:00 AM
From: Out_of_the_Trap	Respond to of 41369

<What have you bought at Radio Shack recently?> Past 12 months for TAN TAN vs. Industry Sales $3,945.4 Mil vs. $3,966.9 Mil Income 225.7 vs. 61.9 Sales Growth -23.5% vs. 13.0% Income Growth 1,274.4%!!!! vs. 52.4% Profit Margin(%) 5.7% vs. 1.4% Debt/equity Ratio .33 vs. .24 Over 7000 stores nationwide. Somebody likes em. siliconinvestor.com Maybe MSFT is just what TAN needs and those 7000 store fronts will not hurt msft for sure. OT