[dorkbotsea-blabber] Raido Shack is dumping VEX - closeouts

[Ian Page-Echols]

I just found out about this stuff a bit ago and got a bunch of it.   
Radio Shack won't be carrying it, but vexlabs.com is supposed to  
still be for the foreseeable future.  Everything is 50% off if you  
find it at Radio Shack.  Most stuff is gone at this point in the  
seattle area besides maybe the starter kit and an extra motor or  
servo if you're lucky.

I specifically think that the amount of controls you get on the radio  
control unit is absolutely superb for a $150 kit + $50 for the  
programming kit (cable and software).

Ian


On Sep 24, 2006, at 8.17 PM, Greg Herlein wrote:

> This has been happening for a while now.  What percentage off did you
> get - better than 25% or so?
>
>
> On 9/24/06, Paul de Armond <paulf at nas.com> wrote:
>> I was just in the local RS and while browsing, discovered they are
>> closing out all VEX robotics stuff.  This was my first look at it  
>> and I
>> got some geas and a motor.  The clerkish unit at the counter said  
>> they
>> never sold and they were getting rid of it.  I asked for more  
>> detail and
>> he said "Maybe they are bringing out a new version.  We closed out  
>> the
>> iPods and then got newer models."  I asked if he had heard anyone  
>> else
>> say that before it just came out of his mouth.  He said he had no  
>> clue
>> what was going on, but they weren't going to be carrying VEX any  
>> longer.
>>
>> So buy now and save on another piece of dead tech...
>>
>> Paul "lightshow" de Armond
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