1. 06-01-22 12:22 PM #36
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    Quote Originally Posted by pimike View Post
    I miss blockbuster

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    me too
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  2. 06-01-22 12:35 PM #37
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    Electric City
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  3. 06-01-22 01:09 PM #38
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    Radio Shack
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  4. 06-01-22 03:37 PM #39
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevenash View Post
    Radio Shack
    I loved radio shack when they were turely about radios/electronics. Was really big into police scanners and shortwave radios and stuff when I was younger. Still am on occasion
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  5. 06-01-22 03:38 PM #40
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    Circuit City
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  6. 06-01-22 04:55 PM #41
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    Quote Originally Posted by inter1097 View Post
    I loved radio shack when they were turely about radios/electronics. Was really big into police scanners and shortwave radios and stuff when I was younger. Still am on occasion
    My dad was career military engineer, he loved Radio Shack, he turned me on then.
    Problem with Radio Shack was shitty management
    They had too many brick and mortar stores, too much inventory,'
    Radio Shack was doing great, especially in cell phones and cell hone parts until around 1998 or so.
    Thar's when the rest of the brick and mortar retail stores shifted big time to online, at that time EBAY was king.

    Everybody else was going 50/50 brick and mortar and online, Radio Shack was complacent, smug, thought they didn't need it.

    Long story short, they went belly up and stuck with like a gazillion dollars of inventory.

    You know who almost screwed themselves pretty much the same way?
    IBM
    True story, I started out on an IBM 3090 mainframe years ago, we all saw that develop before out eyes.
    Early 90's the I/T world began gravitating to the micro computers, the desktops.
    Apple was hitting full stride around then.
    IBM wouldn't budge. "We're IBM, Big Blue, we're fine, we can't be bothered with micros"

    Well, somebody high up in corporate said "we better adapt or we'll be swallowed up"
    IBM finally entered the pc world, just in time too.
    They still couldn't be bothered and handed the pc side of business to Lenovo.

    What IBM got right was the mainframe.
    The rest of the IT world was saying the IBM mainframe is a dinosaur, they said that in 1992, and they're still say that in 2022.

    Thing about the mainframe is it's a huge corporate business computer, heavy retail, insurance, banking, etc. applications get processed on them.

    Customer information files too large for most other corporate computers to maintain relied heavily on CICS (IBM software)

    That's where IBM made their money, and their printers and other peripherals.
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  7. 06-02-22 04:21 PM #42
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    Quote Originally Posted by koz-man View Post
    Electric City
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    That's what I meant, Not Electric.

    to many hits on the bowl yesterday...
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  8. 06-15-22 07:37 PM #43
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    Any new info?
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  9. 06-15-22 07:53 PM #44
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  10. 06-15-22 07:55 PM #45
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    not looking good
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  11. 06-15-22 08:13 PM #46
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    Quote Originally Posted by koz-man View Post
    That's what I meant, Not Electric.

    to many hits on the bowl yesterday...
    Speaker City obv
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  12. 06-15-22 10:00 PM #47
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    Quote Originally Posted by PD77 View Post

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  13. 06-16-22 10:25 AM #48
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    this became a regular sport forum ..hoo well it was fun .it been fun I don't think anything come back..poker gone casino gone the point are worthless.what the point betting point if is no store.????
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  14. 06-16-22 11:08 AM #49
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    People here are still holding out hope.
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  15. 06-16-22 01:45 PM #50
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stallion View Post
    People here are still holding out hope.
    Hope is all we have as far as the betpoints go...

    We have been promised over and over again so hopefully they make good eventually.
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  16. 06-16-22 03:59 PM #51
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    Quote Originally Posted by JAKEPEAVY21 View Post
    Hope is all we have as far as the betpoints go...

    We have been promised over and over again so hopefully they make good eventually.
    They have a trash business model. Letting all that political shit infect the forum for as long as they did is going to lead to a long road for recovery. SBR quit caring about its posters many, many years ago.
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  17. 06-21-22 04:50 PM #52
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    But the plan is “coming”. Typical politician lie
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  18. 06-21-22 05:21 PM #53
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    why will it never happen guys
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  19. 06-21-22 05:45 PM #54
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    Good news.
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  20. 06-22-22 12:41 AM #55
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    Like the store to return by 2029
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  21. 06-22-22 02:20 PM #56
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    Quote Originally Posted by KiDBaZkiT View Post
    They have a trash business model. Letting all that political shit infect the forum for as long as they did is going to lead to a long road for recovery. SBR quit caring about its posters many, many years ago.
    Absolutely!!
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  22. 06-26-22 01:42 PM #57
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    If we don't get the store back by football season I'll assume she gone for good.
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  23. 07-05-22 08:53 AM #58
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    Any post July 4th news? Any updates from the owners? Anything???
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  24. 07-05-22 10:21 AM #59
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    Quote Originally Posted by sabresbills04 View Post
    Any post July 4th news? Any updates from the owners? Anything???
    What are you planning to do with all that betpoints?
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  25. 07-05-22 10:29 AM #60
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    If the SBR store ever opens back up it will go bankrupt over night. SBR owner or owners will take a big hit for sure!

    Cheap bastards on SBR have been saving up on betpoints during this down time.
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  26. 07-05-22 10:32 AM #61
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    i hope they eventually develop some sort of value. no purpose in having pros otherwise.
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  27. 07-05-22 10:41 AM #62
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    It's been almost a year now and they keep stringing us along...
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  28. 07-05-22 01:22 PM #63
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    Quote Originally Posted by JAKEPEAVY21 View Post
    It's been almost a year now and they keep stringing us along...
    Yep, still waiting.....
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  29. 07-05-22 01:51 PM #64
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  30. 07-06-22 02:46 PM #65
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    If nothing is coming back then shouldn't they turn off new SBR member sign ups?
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  31. 07-06-22 02:49 PM #66
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    yes eddy
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  32. 07-07-22 01:14 PM #67
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bcatswin View Post
    yes eddy
    I don't believe they have turned off new member signups yet.
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  33. 07-07-22 01:19 PM #68
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    i say something is coming. i don't think they would keep offering us points if not.
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  34. 07-07-22 01:35 PM #69
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    Quote Originally Posted by pologq View Post
    i say something is coming. i don't think they would keep offering us points if not.
    I have no idea if anything is coming back, but I know this the day they stop giving away points worthless or not is the day 95% of the posters that are left here quit logging in,jmo
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  35. 07-07-22 04:52 PM #70
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    Quote Originally Posted by pologq View Post
    i hope they eventually develop some sort of value. no purpose in having pros otherwise.
    They will devalue all points by 50% maybe 90% and say "Store Open"
    1 million points will get you brunch with JJ or a used condom.
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