IPod missing out ? Help from over 7,000 stores ?
From radioshack.com
"With more than 7,000 stores nationwide, it is estimated that 94 percent of all Americans live or work within five minutes of a RadioShack store or dealer."
Do you think RadioShack will ever sell iPods ?
Would you want them too?
Would it be worth it?
Maybe just the iPod mini ?
Have a deal that you could take your iPod / iPod mini to a local RadioShack for repair ??
"With more than 7,000 stores nationwide, it is estimated that 94 percent of all Americans live or work within five minutes of a RadioShack store or dealer."
Do you think RadioShack will ever sell iPods ?
Would you want them too?
Would it be worth it?
Maybe just the iPod mini ?
Have a deal that you could take your iPod / iPod mini to a local RadioShack for repair ??
Comments
Originally posted by progmac
I think radio shack has kind of a reputation for being overpriced and often selling low-quality electronics. maybe i'm off base, but this is how i have always perceived the shack
I'd second that opinion. I never really think of Radio shack unless I need some sort of cable reallly quickly, since they're usually a 2 minute drive away.
Originally posted by M.O.S.T
Do you think RadioShack will ever sell iPods ?
They'll sell the HP versions.
they're a good choice if you're looking for hard to find fuses, wiring stuff, transistors, soldering kits etc.
however, if you buy premade stuff from them, well then it's probably crap. at least that's been my experience.
if it's owned by some MBA, good luck. it will only sell crap.
Originally posted by Wrong Robot
Radioshack stinks, poor quality stuff most of the time...........
Radio Shack Stinks?
Radio Shack WAS the parts place Now it the gadgets/parts place
Now they have tried to position them selves in the:
Cellular Market with Verizon, Spint PCS, Cingular
PDA Market selling: HP, Sony, Palm
Digtal Cameras with Sony, Casio, HP, Minolta, Fujifilm
Often some of the best toys
The overall point was: To have a hub of over 7,000 stores selling the iPod..... Having a store 5mins from most people, that they could go and buy an iPod from
RadioShack is over priced ?
- Not on everything
- Is the iPod its self not over priced ?
RadioShack (RSH) Stock has been very strong over the past year -Strong steap-hill growth (21 up to 31)
RadioShack would be great for the iPod
- 7,000 Stores
- A repair shop
- Perhaps its own store with-in-a store @ The Shack
MATH
If In one months time:
Each RadioShack Store could sell on average 1 iPods a day from (Oct 1st - Dec 31st)
90 days x 1 sale a day x 7,000 stores = 630,000 units sold!!!
How many iPods did Apple sell between October and December 2003. 730,000!!
MATH 730,000 + 630,000 over 1.3 MILLION
Some RadioShacks move out 20+ Cell Phones a day
I can easily see + 1 units being sold per day per store (during Oct-Dec)
NOW SUCH A BAD IDEA ?!?!?!??!
Originally posted by alcimedes
well, their other problem is that each is owned by an individual.
Some 5,500 of the 7,000++ are owned by RadioShack (RSH) the rest are Franchise
Originally posted by HOM
Didn't I already mention that HP was the exclusive computer company at Radio Shacks? The HPod will absolutely be in Radio Shacks. No need for Apple to reinvent the wheel when their new parter already has one.
So sell iPod + iPod mini + hPod