RS Components == Radio Shack??
olav woelfelschneider
This company advertises with it's 'high service', i.e, they have an
engineer hotline, cdrom catalogue etc...
That company calls itself 'RS Components' and seems to be spread across
the world.
Now I wonder since 'Radio Shack' and 'RS' sound similar... do they have
something to do with each other?
I dare to doubt it, I guess Radio Shack and service are different worlds... (:
Just curious,
Olav
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Tim Craig
| Here in germany, we have a company selling electronics for enormous prices.
Blimey !
If it's expensive for you in Germany Olav, it must be in the stratosphere
for the rest of us ........
PS. RS are really very good anyway.
TIM CAMPBELL
Hello.
RS means `Radio Spares', and is no relation to Radio Shack, which is
called Tandy in the UK.
Regards,
Tim Campbell (tim.ca...@almac.uk.com)
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Dave Mclaughlin
wo...@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de "olav woelfelschneider" writes:
>Here in germany, we have a company selling electronics for enormous prices.
>This company advertises with it's 'high service', i.e, they have an
>engineer hotline, cdrom catalogue etc...
Yes they do have a high level of service. Bit pricey but they do stock
a hell of a lot of kit. Makes invoicing for large companies easy when
only dealing with one supplier. Sort of out weighs the higher cost.
>That company calls itself 'RS Components' and seems to be spread across
>the world.
>
>Now I wonder since 'Radio Shack' and 'RS' sound similar... do they have
>something to do with each other?
Not related. RS Components started as Radio Spares in the UK.
>I dare to doubt it, I guess Radio Shack and service are different worlds... (:
Yes, true. Radio Shack is known as Tandy over here and they are
extremely expensive for parts. All bubble pack etc. A typical price is
about 1.75 UKP for a 555 timer. eeek.
They don't have the sort of service as in the States.
Da\/e...
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Leon Heller
wo...@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de "olav woelfelschneider" writes:
> Here in germany, we have a company selling electronics for enormous prices.
> This company advertises with it's 'high service', i.e, they have an
> engineer hotline, cdrom catalogue etc...
>
> That company calls itself 'RS Components' and seems to be spread across
> the world.
>
> Now I wonder since 'Radio Shack' and 'RS' sound similar... do they have
> something to do with each other?
>
> I dare to doubt it, I guess Radio Shack and service are different worlds... (:
No connection whatsoever. RS Components is a professional distributor
(Electromail is their outlet for hobbyists) and is used by most electronics
companies in the UK.
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Peter Benie
Leon Heller <Le...@lfheller.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <3grdh8$10...@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de>
> wo...@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de "olav woelfelschneider" writes:
>
>> Here in germany, we have a company selling electronics for enormous prices.
>> This company advertises with it's 'high service', i.e, they have an
>> engineer hotline, cdrom catalogue etc...
>>
>> That company calls itself 'RS Components' and seems to be spread across
>> the world.
>>
>> Now I wonder since 'Radio Shack' and 'RS' sound similar... do they have
>> something to do with each other?
>>
>> I dare to doubt it, I guess Radio Shack and service are different worlds... (:
>
>No connection whatsoever. RS Components is a professional distributor
>(Electromail is their outlet for hobbyists) and is used by most electronics
>companies in the UK.
RS = Radio Spares (or at least it used to be called that)
Peter Benie
Dr. Peter Kittel
>
>the world.
>
>Now I wonder since 'Radio Shack' and 'RS' sound similar... do they have
>something to do with each other?
>
>I dare to doubt it, I guess Radio Shack and service are different worlds... (:
I also doubt it, as there were real Radio Shack shops for some time in
Germany. When I came to Frankfurt 11 years ago, there were two of them
here. But several years ago they closed. Sorry, can't give details why.
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olav woelfelschneider
: In article: <3grdh8$10...@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> wo...@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (olav woelfelschneider) writes:
:
: | Here in germany, we have a company selling electronics for enormous prices.
: | Olav
: If it's expensive for you in Germany Olav, it must be in the stratosphere
: for the rest of us ........
[Learned now that RS is NOT RadioShack, THANKS FOR ALL REPLIES!]
They're really expensive here. Even compared to 'Conrad' which is somewhat
like us Radio Shack in some way they are still expensive. Most other vendors
here are cheaper.
Ok, I got that you pay for the service.
I still wonder... Sure a lot people will get a few parts with service from
RS and buy the rest cheaper elsewhere.....
But RS seem to run well if they even have a catalogue on cdrom.
So long,
Andrew Harrison
>>(Electromail is their outlet for hobbyists) and is used by most
electronics
>>companies in the UK.
>RS = Radio Spares (or at least it used to be called that)
>Peter Benie
And the US Radio Shack is called Tandy in the UK - they also try asking
for address information....
YAP WEE KIAT
: Here in germany, we have a company selling electronics for enormous prices.
: This company advertises with it's 'high service', i.e, they have an
: engineer hotline, cdrom catalogue etc...
: That company calls itself 'RS Components' and seems to be spread across
: something to do with each other?
I don't think so. I think RS components is British.
Radio Shack is American.
Ben
Paul Waite
olav woelfelschneider <wo...@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de> wrote:
>[Learned now that RS is NOT RadioShack, THANKS FOR ALL REPLIES!]
I remember when Radio Spares (RS) started their (at the time) novel
service to the electronics industry in the UK. It was about the late
seventies, and they did well since they just about always got you
your parts within 24 hours. No-one else did this at the time, and if
you were involved in R&D they were ideal - the extra cost was worth
it.
>But RS seem to run well if they even have a catalogue on cdrom.
Every year their catalogue got larger. It was a bit of a standing
joke, each new catalogue you half expected it to provide a range
of nuclear reactors in 6, 8, and 12-packs :)
Cheers.
Paul.
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>: Here in germany, we have a company selling electronics for enormous prices.
>: This company advertises with it's 'high service', i.e, they have an
>: engineer hotline, cdrom catalogue etc...
>: That company calls itself 'RS Components' and seems to be spread across
>: Now I wonder since 'Radio Shack' and 'RS' sound similar... do they have
>: something to do with each other?
>
> I don't think so. I think RS components is British.
> Radio Shack is American.
>
> Ben
We have RS Components here in NZ with high prices, on-line tech support
and CD-ROM catalogue. The full name is "Radio Spares Components" and has
nothing to do with Radio Shack.
Alex
Kevin White
to Radio Shack (called Tandy in England).
kevin white
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John Woods
>> I don't think so. I think RS components is British.
>> Radio Shack is American.
So it IS Radio Shack!
> on-line tech support
Whoops, never mind!
:-)
Andrew Brierley
>>olav woelfelschneider (wo...@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de) wrote:
>>: Here in germany, we have a company selling electronics for enormous prices.
>>: This company advertises with it's 'high service', i.e, they have an
>>: engineer hotline, cdrom catalogue etc...
>>: That company calls itself 'RS Components' and seems to be spread across
>>: Now I wonder since 'Radio Shack' and 'RS' sound similar... do they have
>>: something to do with each other?
>>
>> I don't think so. I think RS components is British.
>> Radio Shack is American.
>>
>> Ben
>
>and CD-ROM catalogue. The full name is "Radio Spares Components" and has
>nothing to do with Radio Shack.
>
>Alex
You also have Farnell Electronic Components in both of your countries as well
as many others
They are cheaper, have better service and will happily give you a catalog
without a song and dance.
They claim to give service we do give service (woops I mean farnell do give
service) Email me if you would like a catalog. New one out in April (In German,
French, English, Dutch etc)
A. Shiekh
> This is Radio Shack's usual way of numbering their parts.
Radio Spares is NOT Radio shack
Richard Smith
baby...@aol.com (BabySocks) wrote:
>Olav,
>
>If possible, see if any of their part numbers resemble the following:
>
>276-2017
>276-767
>276-1994
>etc.,etc.,
>
>This is Radio Shack's usual way of numbering their parts.
Nope. RS Components is a UK company which originally was called Radio
Spares, but many years ago changed their trading title to RS Components.
They sell a multitude of electronic, electrical and mechanical components
to the electronic engineering trade, and via their subsidiary company,
Electromail, to the hobbyist and low-volume markets. Never was anything to
do with Radio Shack (which is called Tandy in the UK, and sells very
inferior grade bits and bobs)
Maybe someone's already sent this....
Richard Smith