/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>606620
Yes most radioshacks are really really bad.

They have these "training" videos and tests to try to teach sales people the most basic shit like stereo 3.5mm jacks vs mono. I found it to be detrimental to staff, literally worse than useless.

I had a no tolerance for bullshit policy, if the staff did not know something they where to write the question down and someone who did know would get back to them and everyone would learn about it.

Feeding a customer bullshit is one of the worst things you can do to destroy confidence in your store and I've been in so many other stores that fed so much bullshit.

>>606619
We had a big mix. Corporate pushed cell phones hard core but they never payed. We lost probably $20k perusing cellphones.

We did very well selling headphones. We where by far the best source for audio anything in our town. We had a direct deal with skull candy because RS usually gave us shit deals on them.

We also had the only reliable source for coin cell batteries and cordless house phone batteries. Well we didn't actual have all the cordless phone batteries but we had enough of them to get the cells to match and we cut the ends of the customers old batteries and crimp them onto new cells.

Coin cell batteries at Radio Shack retail for $5 each and cost $1 wholesale, which is still a rip off. I would buy them by the hundreds from china at a few cents each and sell them at half the normal price. You may think we would make less profit that way but customers liked it. The batteries for hex bug toys we would sell packs of 10 or 25 batteries at $1.25 or $1 each. Folks would stock up and mail them to relatives because of the great deal they got. We payed $0.17 each for them.

HDMI cords where illogically expensive everywhere for a few years. The cheapest one sold by walmart or RS proper was like $30, I got 500 from china for $1 each and sold them for $14, they sold fast too.

Some people would come in from the adds but most of our hot items where things we brought in on the side.

Demographics where really well mixed, we had old people who couldn't get any help at Walmart. We had school kids wanting parts for projects or head phones. Quite a few folks needing help fixing things. Really there wasn't a core demographic.

BTW in case some of you don't quite understand. A franchise store is owned by real people corporate stores are owned by RadioShack directly.

>>606488
amazon, digikey, ebay...

I used to manage a radio shack franchise ask me anything.

>>303697
I thought it was TP? Probably cheaper to buy in bulk from Costco or something

>>298150
Sadly I don't think it would get enough traffic to be worthwhile, although if it could take /g/'s godforsaken desk threads that would be nice

Is it realistic to expect to keep that water that crystal clear everyday? Or are these photos 'posed' if you know what I mean

>>295198
If you don't get help here the craft bastards at Headfi.org have instructions for every mod / repair you can imagine

>>295197
While that would be awesome, the PSP's processor is orders of magnitude slower than even the shittiest android phone

>>293632
>Mustache
Man this site made me realize what as total consumer whore I am. Trying to cut down on the stupid shit, realize if I can put away $400 a week while I study I should have enough for a decent deposit by the time I graduate

>>290280
Maybe if you're building a courthouse or a mansion. Some styles need scale to function

>>290491
>>290608
It's not like people weren't greedy, short sighted assholes 50 years ago. Now we just have the money to act on it

>>290173
Fuck yes. I want my house to look like it was designed by a Soviet committee to intimidate the fuck out of people

What are you asking about? Mods to run copied disks, case mods, portable systems etc

>Think that looks pretty amazing for a DIY job.
>Look closer, metal panels aren't even embedded / sunk into the wood. Seriously, why not paint that shit on or just use metal laminate
>Acrylic will scratch like a bitch

Maybe look into adding a frame at the back you can attach a tri monitor stand to. Frees up some desk space, and could remove some of the weight from the tabletop

>>289972
So you'd cut the bottom out of the crate, have grills on narrow ends for the radiators to breathe, and it kind of drops down over the top. If the cables all came out at the bottom and you had a small power switch at the bottom you could have it looking really intact

>>289945
It's probably easier to cut out the backplane / card supports from an old ATX case, and bolt it to the inside of the box than make it yourself. You can use the brass standoffs to insulate the mobo from the box

>>289954
>/diy/
>More trouble than it's worth
lel

>>288441
I love the dashboards of old European cars. Solid wood plank, neat little switches that spring between positions. Wish I was better at woodworking

>>287451
>>287453
Neat. Do you work with this stuff IRL, or just an interest?

>Graphics card is literally 2 generations old
>Ocz SSD, hope you made backups
>2 Dvd burners, what the fuck is wrong with you
>2600 instead of a 2500k
>Disgusting case

Awful, shit effort. Ask before you spend money next time

Second hand filing cabinets, check craiglist etc. Dirt cheap, easily painted etc.
Or just throw them away. Are you seriously going to read that shit any time soon?

>>286814
>HAF X
>Brutalist design with mesh, LEDs and intakes everywhere

Not sure if it's really a great starting point for something really minimal, but here you go http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=60_374 - I like the Phobya rocker switches

If you decide to swap cases Silverstone have some really sleek / plain looking stuff

I looked for old drafting tables for a project. Found a perfect example, except for the fact that some absolute fuckhead had cut the legs in half and bolted it back together. Pretty shit day.

>>286763
>$9 an hour
Holy shit this should be illegal. What we're trying to say is that this situation actually makes you more vulnerable- if a water pump breaks, generator fails, you break a bone etc, you are absolutely fucked without someone to bail you out. What kind of timeframe are you planning before you move in?

>>286752
I think you're going to face a bit of backlash here, since /diy/ gets so many people with shit ideas of living off the grid on public land / squatting / creating a farm with 0 skills etc that they're kind of sick of it. Honestly unless you really, really want this you will still be connected / dependent in some way. Land taxes, medical bills, poor harvest or w / e, you will need a backup plan (and a hell of a lot more money than you think) . I grew up on a farm and I wouldn't even consider doing this shit unless I had savings of several hundred thousand as a- an emergency fund and b- a source of income (dividends / interest) to pay for the many bills / supplies you can't avoid with even the best intentions.

Scrap tires are very cheap, but you need the source to be local. Used to buy shit useable ones for $20, so totally fucked ones won't be more than a few bucks each ( ~$30 per square meter whole, maybe $2?) Ask around at junkyards, tips, tire supplier etc, won't be hard to find. Just do some research and make sure they don't leach chemicals that cause ass cancer or something. No idea why you want tire when as >>286725 said there are many other methods that are cheap, sustainable and insulate well but w/e.

No idea why I typed this shit, GL with all this anyway

>>286726
Yup, fun and eats up lots of time. Don't go crazy with supplies at first, just xacto knives + plastic glue + sandpaper and some cheaper models to get started, then go nuts with super detailed stuff if you get into it

Restore something. A small piece of furniture, older laptop, hifi amp, whatever. You'll be pushed to learn a couple of new skills.

If you have a balcony / even a window ledge, grow something. Vegetables, flower, cacti, whatever.

Learn an instrument or language. Bores the hell out of me, but you might love it.

Damn, this thread makes me wish I had more time

>>286270
>Pony with a dragon dildo
>Not an anatomically correct horse cock
Disgusting

>>285091
That looks pretty neat. There's a crappier version on Kickstarter that comes a flat pack laser cut kit, I'm sure you can do better