Many people know of my grudge-filled love/hate relationship with Radio Shack. I like that there is one a block and a half from my apartment but I hate their selection, the general ignornance of the products they carry and their uber-inflated prices. For example: I needed 80-something IR LEDS, they charge $2.19 for ONE IR LED. Seriously. I found a 100 pack on another website, for under $5. I know, right?
Another example: I walk in for a desoldering vaccuum the other day and the sales person asks me if I knew what it was for when my entire purchase was soldering accessories. Granted, not the worst experience but every time I go in there I get questioned about whether or not I know what hte products I am purchasing are. And it's always the same sales person. Maybe it's because I'm a woman and the last time I was in the store I was talking to another sales person about the plight of finding a good (ie. space saving yet still roomy enough to pack full of goodies) computer case for a decent price and this guy started questioning whether or not I acutally knew what I was talking about.
But i digress, I left with a happy little haul of a new desoldering vaccuum, soldering tip, and a new usb cable (mine are always vanishing) only to realise that, in a Benadryl fueled haze, I had melted the little prongs off of my FTDI chip. Joy. Now I have to desolder the sucker, buy a new chip, clean up the board and solder the new chip. I had purchased an extra Sanguinololu board to build and then resell but I guess that one might not be sold as quickly as I had hoped but will get a very thorough testing.
EDIT:In my rush to get my stuff, I overlooked the desoldering vaccuum below which is even better priced (I paid $14.99 for mine) than the one I had bought.
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