move away from the computer and go to the high school tonight and join in on the Education Committee meeting at 7:00pm in the LGI room. Now thats where you can actually make a difference and contribute to the betterment of the district and community. and then when you complain later you can say well, at least I took part.
Relax, it's in good hands. Lisa Castillo and I were the resident citizens who attended last night's Education Committee Meeting, and the 2 of us alone will be determining the educational future of the Morrisville School District. Thank you in advance for not complaining. ;)
Thank you anonymous for your courageous outing of the apathy of the citizens. It is duly noted. I'm glad you were there. If so, we now know who you are, so not so anonymous anymore. That is, unless you weren't there either, and then you might want to tuck that righteous indignation up a bit.
The public will show up in droves once you actually get to the point of taking action. Then the folks taking action (The board members) will be accused of all sorts of back-room dealing, moving too quickly and other heinous deeds designed to bring about further ruin and destruction. The plans will be scuttled, and we'll settle for some half-assed compromise that doesn't fix anything and just pushes the problem down the road.
I wasnt there because i sit behind my computer like everyone else and complain and make no effort to help. why should i do anything different than anyone else, im blaming the rest of the public for not being there since it should be everyone else that gets involved but me, im busy blogging
I have never been more glad that we have the school board members we have now like Damon Miller, Wanda Kartel (sp?), Dan Dingle, Stoneburner, Ted Parker. We need to keep it that way and go forward from there. We can't afford to have those untrustworthy SOC jackwagons like Hellman and Mihok ramming their secretive crappy decisions down our throats.
You can have power in numbers or Power in Leadership. This School Board is trustworty and communicate with the public. Their views will be discussed publicly not like the way the SOC Leadership handled things. I trust they will do what is right for the Morrisville Schools. The only roadblocks left is the Leadereship the SOC put in place. Ferrara,DeAngelo, Harm, Mrs.B.
Corbett announces deal to privatize the Pa. Lottery
Angela Couloumbis, Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau
January 12, 2013
HARRISBURG - The Corbett administration announced late Friday that it would award to a British firm a contract to privatize the management of the Pennsylvania Lottery.
The announcement came just days before a state Senate committee was scheduled to hold a hearing on what has become the administration's most aggressive foray into privatizing state services.
While the contract with Camelot Global Services was not yet formally signed, the administration issued what it called a "notice of award." Though not a binding agreement, it puts Pennsylvania squarely on course to become the third state, behind Indiana and Illinois, to hire a private lottery manager.
Under the proposal, Camelot would guarantee profits totaling $34 billion over the life of the 20-year contract.
A formal contract signature could come within a week. In the meantime, lottery employees were informed Friday afternoon of Gov. Corbett's intent to award the contract to Camelot, which runs Britain's national lottery.
For months, Corbett has been working behind the scenes to bring in a company to manage the lottery, which last fiscal year recorded more than $3.5 billion in sales and more than $1 billion in profit that went toward programs that benefit senior citizens. The administration has argued that a rapidly growing senior population in Pennsylvania has made it necessary to explore ways to make the lottery more profitable.
On the political front, the lottery-privatization push has come to be viewed as a test of the administration's negotiating mettle. The thinking was that if Corbett could seal the deal, it would instill confidence in his ability to privatize other services, a key campaign promise.
The administration's late-in-the-day decision was swiftly criticized by some legislators, who had planned on holding a hearing Monday on privatizing the lottery's management. Democrats in particular called it a shameful end run, maintaining it flew in the face of the administration's promises of transparency.
"To have this action take place right before a hearing . . . shows real contempt, not just for the legislature but for the public," Sen. Rob Teplitz (D., Dauphin) said Friday, minutes after word leaked that Corbett was going through with the deal.
Dave Fillman, executive director of AFSCME Council 13, which represents about 170 unionized lottery workers, called it "a bad deal" for state employees and Pennsylvania seniors, "especially when most of the nation is talking about trying to stop the outsourcing of jobs. Now, 170 of my members could likely lose their jobs to a foreign corporation."
Even some Republicans said they were disappointed in the decision to push forward before legislators had a chance to hold a hearing and get answers to lingering questions about the deal.
"It's a bit of an affront," said Drew Crompton, counsel and chief of staff to Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R., Jefferson), who at times has been at odds with Corbett. "The bottom line is, there is no harm in public vetting. People talk about transparency, and this would have been the perfect opportunity for transparency. It's not like they didn't know the hearing was coming."
Jay Pagni, spokesman for the governor's budget office, said issuing the notice of the award actually encouraged transparency - by freeing up administration officials during Monday's hearing before the Senate Finance Committee to disclose details of the deal that they would not have otherwise been able to discuss because of procurement rules.
"The issuance of a 'notice of award' officially ends any type of confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements, and will allow the commonwealth to provide specific details and answer questions posed by the committee," Pagni said.
As for Camelot, the company said in a statement Friday that it intended to keep "as many current lottery employees as possible" and to increase the number of employees in Pennsylvania overall.
"We know the state has placed enormous trust in giving us responsibility for its lottery, and we intend to work tirelessly to earn that trust," the statement said. "We are confident in our projections on growing responsibly the Pennsylvania Lottery over the next 20 years and guaranteeing the economic future for seniors programs."
Notwithstanding Friday's decision to award Camelot the contract, privatizing the management still faces some obstacles.
AFSCME has sued to block the contract, arguing that Corbett lacks authority to privatize the lottery without legislative approval. Seven Democratic legislators have challenged the deal in court as well. The union has also filed a grievance, along with an unfair-labor-practice charge, before the state's labor relations board.
Then there is Treasurer Rob McCord. The Democrat has threatened to withhold payments to Camelot because, during the negotiations, the administration said it expected Camelot's profit to be boosted by introducing keno terminals in bars and restaurants - a move that some see as an expansion of legalized gambling that would require legislative approval.
Fillman, the union leader, said, "This is not over yet."
Morrisville Municipal Authority being sued By GEMA MARIA DUARTE Staff writer | Posted: Friday, January 11, 2013 12:00 am
Morrisville’s Municipal Authority and its executive director are being sued by management of two mobile home parks claiming to have been inappropriately charged for sewage service.
Daniel Schranghamer, Pennwood Management’s lawyer, filed a lawsuit Thursday afternoon against the local wastewater treatment agency and John Warenda, the authority’s head administrator.
Pennwood Management operates Pennwood Crossing and Penn Place mobile home parks in the borough and the lawsuit involves both communities.
Warenda did not know about the lawsuit when the newspaper contacted him late Thursday. He said the authority’s legal counsel will handle the matter.
“We’ll do the best in the interest of the authority and rate payers,” he said. “The issue didn’t happen overnight. The (authority) made extensive effort to reason with Pennwood many times. We’ll have to see it to the end.”
The lawsuit contends the municipal authority is abusing its discretion of the agency’s rate structure by charging Pennwood Crossing and Penn Place mobile home parks surcharges that are not charged to other customers.
In addition, the lawsuit alleges surcharges in the August and September bills were the doing of Warenda because he “was upset with Pennwood Management” and “had Warenda not been upset with Pennwood Management, the authority would not have adopted the surcharge.”
The lawsuit doesn’t include specific issues of disagreements between the two parties that would have led to Warenda being upset at Pennwood Management.
According to the lawsuit, Pennwood Management paid $19,899 in August for services at Penn Place. Without the surcharge, the bill would have been $5,512, the suit contends. In September, the bill for Penn Place was $6,669, and should have been $5,512 without the surcharge, the lawsuit states.
The August bill at Pennwood Crossing was $92,175, and without the surcharge, the bill would have been $25,533, according to the lawsuit. In September, Pennwood Management paid $30,895 for sewage service at Pennwood Crossing, but it would have been $25,533 without the surcharge.
Pennwood Management is requesting that the court “declare that the surcharge is unreasonable in violation of ... the Municipal Authorities Act and is, therefore, invalid” and that it “directs the authority to cease and desist from assessing the surcharge against Pennwood Management.”
In addition, the mobile home park company wants the court to “direct the authority to refund Pennwood management the surcharges assessed for the months of August and September 2012” and award them the “costs of the suit, interest and any other damages,” according to the suit.
I saw this yesterday. It's just not surprising. Jane Burger, George Mount & John Warrenda run the municipal board. I think Jane is the pres. Funny thing is, Jane's time is up and I doubt that council will put her back on. Just like when she was on council, she screwed everything up & was able to step aside to watch the results of her plotting & scheming.
Pennwood needs to get all Hellman on their asses and STOP PAYING! Only thing an SOC understands. Like a binary automaton. 1's and 0's on the $'s. That's it.
"Warenda did not know about the lawsuit when the newspaper contacted him late Thursday. He said the authority’s legal counsel will handle the matter."
I know that for the most part the MMA acts independently from Borough Council, but that there are certain situations that require council to weigh in such as appointing people to the MMA board. I remember when the MMA wanted to change some of their money around & they needed to go before council for that too. I know that there is a longtime agreement between the MMA & the borough where the MMA pays the borough for things like the use of borough hall, etc. My reason for bringing this up is because I would love to know if this is a situation where the MMA will have to go to the Borough.
Would their "legal counsel" be Mr. Downey who is also Borough Council's legal counsel? It would be the perfect example of why his firm should not be the solicitor for both entities.
Without Jane on council the borough has been able to decrease our trash bills for the past two years. With Jane the MMA will no doubt raise our water/sewer bills to pay for her latest screw-up.
If memory serves me, Warenda was Steve Worob's first defense lawyer in the slander per se lawsuit filed against him by former Morrisville Superintendent Dr. John Gould.
Worob fired Warenda. Worob then fired his replacement, went on to represent himself, and lost, to the tune of $120,000.
I don't know Warenda, but that ticks him up a notch in my book. Pun intended.
Morrisville Radio Shack hit by armed robber for a second time
Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 5:35 pm | Updated: 6:48 pm, Tue Jan 15, 2013.
By Jo Ciavaglia Staff writer
MORRISVILLE -- An electronic chain store was robbed by an armed suspect for the second time in three months Monday night.
Morrisville police Tuesday confirmed only that the robbery occurred about 6 p.m. at the Radio Shack in the Morrisville Shopping Center off West Trenton Road. Police did not provide a description of the suspect(s) or the type of weapon displayed.
In Monday’s robbery and another that occurred Oct. 18, electronic equipment as well as cash from the register were taken, according to a police spokeswoman.
In the earlier armed robbery, police said two men -- one with a gun -- dressed in all black and wearing masks robbed the store at gunpoint and escaped. There were no customers in the store and the suspects reportedly locked the lone worker in a back room.
What most people don't realize about the phones is that they cost about $600 without a contract. RadioShack pays on average $550 for one unit. One unit that they sell for $99. They pay cold hard cash to the manufacturers, where as many competitor businesses pay on credit for the devices. This means that the majority of RadioShack's capital is all cash, and that the stockpiles of phones they have are 100% theirs. (They devalue of course, but it certainly adds up.) Why do they set themselves up with such a raw deal? Because in exchange for taking such a loss, they get a residual income on that customer's contract. We're talking something on the order of 5% of the carrier bill EVERY SINGLE MONTH. And this residual happens not just for the two year contract, but for the duration of the time the customer is with the company. Now, my family has been with AT&T for probably 12 or 13 years. We have six phones, and our monthly bill is somewhere on the order of $300. That means that every month, RadioShack gets $15 from my family. That's $180 a year from one customer that visited once for a minimum of 2 years. The average amount of phone customers per store is probably around 50 a month (a conservative estimate). RadioShack could shut down every single store they own today, and still be profitable for at least two years, but probably closer to four.
RS is an anachronism, cellphones or not. And really, who goes to RS for a cellphone? Isn't is cheaper to deal directly with your carrier? At least with them you can negotiate some kind of deal.
Well, in this robber's defense, at least he didn't try to rob the dollar store across the lot.
Does it strike anyone else as particularly stupid when you see someone arrested for shoplifting at the dollar store? I mean, where's the sense of risk vs. reward in these instances?
It is unfortunate that this business was robbed - again. I really hope Radio Shack stays put. Their closing up shop would no doubt leave way for another smoke shop.
"RS is an anachronism, cellphones or not. And really, who goes to RS for a cellphone? Isn't is cheaper to deal directly with your carrier? At least with them you can negotiate some kind of deal."
RS frequently has a better deal,believe it or not.
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EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING, TUES, 1/8/13, 7PM, LGI.
SUPERINTENDENT MEETING WITH PUBLIC, WEDS, 1/9/13, 7PM, LGI.
I just saw this on fb
Bucks County Govt
Commissioners' Reorganization Meeting this morning:
Robert G. Loughery to serve as 2013 chair;
Charles H. Martin vice-chair.
I really do admire Diane Marseglia for working for Bucks County in spite of the continued daily struggles handed to her by others.
Stop admiring Diane's fight and make sure to defeat the Republicans the next time.
"Stop admiring Diane's fight"?
Strange thing to say & not what was said above it.
ur, um, ANYWAY...
I'm sure there is room for both admiring Diane for whatever reasons AND helping to defeat the Republicans.
move away from the computer and go to the high school tonight and join in on the Education Committee meeting at 7:00pm in the LGI room.
Now thats where you can actually make a difference and contribute to the betterment of the district and community.
and then when you complain later you can say well, at least I took part.
Put down the mouse. Step away from the computer!
Relax, it's in good hands. Lisa Castillo and I were the resident citizens who attended last night's Education Committee Meeting, and the 2 of us alone will be determining the educational future of the Morrisville School District. Thank you in advance for not complaining. ;)
Just make sure you put the right people in place to run the show.
thank you public for Not showing up again to the Public meeting for you to provide your public comments to the public education of morrisville
Thank you anonymous for your courageous outing of the apathy of the citizens. It is duly noted. I'm glad you were there. If so, we now know who you are, so not so anonymous anymore. That is, unless you weren't there either, and then you might want to tuck that righteous indignation up a bit.
The public will show up in droves once you actually get to the point of taking action. Then the folks taking action (The board members) will be accused of all sorts of back-room dealing, moving too quickly and other heinous deeds designed to bring about further ruin and destruction. The plans will be scuttled, and we'll settle for some half-assed compromise that doesn't fix anything and just pushes the problem down the road.
Why weren't you there?
I wasnt there because i sit behind my computer like everyone else and complain and make no effort to help. why should i do anything different than anyone else, im blaming the rest of the public for not being there since it should be everyone else that gets involved but me, im busy blogging
Don't strain yourself.
I don't know if I have the answers to anything, but I show up listen to what is said by all sides. It all seems so over whelming.
I have never been more glad that we have the school board members we have now like Damon Miller, Wanda Kartel (sp?), Dan Dingle, Stoneburner, Ted Parker. We need to keep it that way and go forward from there. We can't afford to have those untrustworthy SOC jackwagons like Hellman and Mihok ramming their secretive crappy decisions down our throats.
You can have power in numbers or Power in Leadership. This School Board is trustworty and communicate with the public. Their views will be discussed publicly not like the way the SOC Leadership handled things. I trust they will do what is right for the Morrisville Schools. The only roadblocks left is the Leadereship the SOC put in place. Ferrara,DeAngelo, Harm, Mrs.B.
I feel a little guilty typing this and I wish them well but I can't say I would miss any of them if they were gone.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Why weren't you there?
The real question is...why weren't you?
Oh wait,. that was the question....Um,uh....um.... you're a poopyhead!!
Corbett announces deal to privatize the Pa. Lottery
Angela Couloumbis, Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau
January 12, 2013
HARRISBURG - The Corbett administration announced late Friday that it would award to a British firm a contract to privatize the management of the Pennsylvania Lottery.
The announcement came just days before a state Senate committee was scheduled to hold a hearing on what has become the administration's most aggressive foray into privatizing state services.
While the contract with Camelot Global Services was not yet formally signed, the administration issued what it called a "notice of award." Though not a binding agreement, it puts Pennsylvania squarely on course to become the third state, behind Indiana and Illinois, to hire a private lottery manager.
Under the proposal, Camelot would guarantee profits totaling $34 billion over the life of the 20-year contract.
A formal contract signature could come within a week. In the meantime, lottery employees were informed Friday afternoon of Gov. Corbett's intent to award the contract to Camelot, which runs Britain's national lottery.
For months, Corbett has been working behind the scenes to bring in a company to manage the lottery, which last fiscal year recorded more than $3.5 billion in sales and more than $1 billion in profit that went toward programs that benefit senior citizens. The administration has argued that a rapidly growing senior population in Pennsylvania has made it necessary to explore ways to make the lottery more profitable.
On the political front, the lottery-privatization push has come to be viewed as a test of the administration's negotiating mettle. The thinking was that if Corbett could seal the deal, it would instill confidence in his ability to privatize other services, a key campaign promise.
The administration's late-in-the-day decision was swiftly criticized by some legislators, who had planned on holding a hearing Monday on privatizing the lottery's management. Democrats in particular called it a shameful end run, maintaining it flew in the face of the administration's promises of transparency.
"To have this action take place right before a hearing . . . shows real contempt, not just for the legislature but for the public," Sen. Rob Teplitz (D., Dauphin) said Friday, minutes after word leaked that Corbett was going through with the deal.
Dave Fillman, executive director of AFSCME Council 13, which represents about 170 unionized lottery workers, called it "a bad deal" for state employees and Pennsylvania seniors, "especially when most of the nation is talking about trying to stop the outsourcing of jobs. Now, 170 of my members could likely lose their jobs to a foreign corporation."
Even some Republicans said they were disappointed in the decision to push forward before legislators had a chance to hold a hearing and get answers to lingering questions about the deal.
"It's a bit of an affront," said Drew Crompton, counsel and chief of staff to Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R., Jefferson), who at times has been at odds with Corbett. "The bottom line is, there is no harm in public vetting. People talk about transparency, and this would have been the perfect opportunity for transparency. It's not like they didn't know the hearing was coming."
Jay Pagni, spokesman for the governor's budget office, said issuing the notice of the award actually encouraged transparency - by freeing up administration officials during Monday's hearing before the Senate Finance Committee to disclose details of the deal that they would not have otherwise been able to discuss because of procurement rules.
"The issuance of a 'notice of award' officially ends any type of confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements, and will allow the commonwealth to provide specific details and answer questions posed by the committee," Pagni said.
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As for Camelot, the company said in a statement Friday that it intended to keep "as many current lottery employees as possible" and to increase the number of employees in Pennsylvania overall.
"We know the state has placed enormous trust in giving us responsibility for its lottery, and we intend to work tirelessly to earn that trust," the statement said. "We are confident in our projections on growing responsibly the Pennsylvania Lottery over the next 20 years and guaranteeing the economic future for seniors programs."
Notwithstanding Friday's decision to award Camelot the contract, privatizing the management still faces some obstacles.
AFSCME has sued to block the contract, arguing that Corbett lacks authority to privatize the lottery without legislative approval. Seven Democratic legislators have challenged the deal in court as well. The union has also filed a grievance, along with an unfair-labor-practice charge, before the state's labor relations board.
Then there is Treasurer Rob McCord. The Democrat has threatened to withhold payments to Camelot because, during the negotiations, the administration said it expected Camelot's profit to be boosted by introducing keno terminals in bars and restaurants - a move that some see as an expansion of legalized gambling that would require legislative approval.
Fillman, the union leader, said, "This is not over yet."
Morrisville Municipal Authority being sued
By GEMA MARIA DUARTE Staff writer | Posted: Friday, January 11, 2013 12:00 am
Morrisville’s Municipal Authority and its executive director are being sued by management of two mobile home parks claiming to have been inappropriately charged for sewage service.
Daniel Schranghamer, Pennwood Management’s lawyer, filed a lawsuit Thursday afternoon against the local wastewater treatment agency and John Warenda, the authority’s head administrator.
Pennwood Management operates Pennwood Crossing and Penn Place mobile home parks in the borough and the lawsuit involves both communities.
Warenda did not know about the lawsuit when the newspaper contacted him late Thursday. He said the authority’s legal counsel will handle the matter.
“We’ll do the best in the interest of the authority and rate payers,” he said. “The issue didn’t happen overnight. The (authority) made extensive effort to reason with Pennwood many times. We’ll have to see it to the end.”
The lawsuit contends the municipal authority is abusing its discretion of the agency’s rate structure by charging Pennwood Crossing and Penn Place mobile home parks surcharges that are not charged to other customers.
In addition, the lawsuit alleges surcharges in the August and September bills were the doing of Warenda because he “was upset with Pennwood Management” and “had Warenda not been upset with Pennwood Management, the authority would not have adopted the surcharge.”
The lawsuit doesn’t include specific issues of disagreements between the two parties that would have led to Warenda being upset at Pennwood Management.
According to the lawsuit, Pennwood Management paid $19,899 in August for services at Penn Place. Without the surcharge, the bill would have been $5,512, the suit contends. In September, the bill for Penn Place was $6,669, and should have been $5,512 without the surcharge, the lawsuit states.
The August bill at Pennwood Crossing was $92,175, and without the surcharge, the bill would have been $25,533, according to the lawsuit. In September, Pennwood Management paid $30,895 for sewage service at Pennwood Crossing, but it would have been $25,533 without the surcharge.
Pennwood Management is requesting that the court “declare that the surcharge is unreasonable in violation of ... the Municipal Authorities Act and is, therefore, invalid” and that it “directs the authority to cease and desist from assessing the surcharge against Pennwood Management.”
In addition, the mobile home park company wants the court to “direct the authority to refund Pennwood management the surcharges assessed for the months of August and September 2012” and award them the “costs of the suit, interest and any other damages,” according to the suit.
I saw this yesterday. It's just not surprising. Jane Burger, George Mount & John Warrenda run the municipal board. I think Jane is the pres. Funny thing is, Jane's time is up and I doubt that council will put her back on. Just like when she was on council, she screwed everything up & was able to step aside to watch the results of her plotting & scheming.
LOL Send the bill to Buckman LOL! Marinate it in some of that landfill garbage water first.
Jane there's still time, outsource the authority to a foreign company like your buddyboy Corbutt just did with the lottery.
Give them water vouchers!
Everyone deserves the opportunity to escape the shackles of a failing water system.
Make that sewer vouchers, I can't read any better than Hellman and Buckman can read the bills they don't pay!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Pennwood needs to get all Hellman on their asses and STOP PAYING! Only thing an SOC understands. Like a binary automaton. 1's and 0's on the $'s. That's it.
"Warenda did not know about the lawsuit when the newspaper contacted him late Thursday. He said the authority’s legal counsel will handle the matter."
I know that for the most part the MMA acts independently from Borough Council, but that there are certain situations that require council to weigh in such as appointing people to the MMA board. I remember when the MMA wanted to change some of their money around & they needed to go before council for that too. I know that there is a longtime agreement between the MMA & the borough where the MMA pays the borough for things like the use of borough hall, etc. My reason for bringing this up is because I would love to know if this is a situation where the MMA will have to go to the Borough.
Would their "legal counsel" be Mr. Downey who is also Borough Council's legal counsel? It would be the perfect example of why his firm should not be the solicitor for both entities.
When the choice was made, assurances were given that safeguards are in place to prevent any sort of legal pickles?
I want to see Downey argue with himself. Sell tickets!!!!
Without Jane on council the borough has been able to decrease our trash bills for the past two years.
With Jane the MMA will no doubt raise our water/sewer bills to pay for her latest screw-up.
If memory serves me, Warenda was Steve Worob's first defense lawyer in the slander per se lawsuit filed against him by former Morrisville Superintendent Dr. John Gould.
Worob fired Warenda. Worob then fired his replacement, went on to represent himself, and lost, to the tune of $120,000.
I don't know Warenda, but that ticks him up a notch in my book. Pun intended.
Are you saying Warenda has worked for two different Sewer Authorities in Morrisville?
Warenda probably tried to reason with a zealot on a mission. Doomed to fail.
Warrenda is one of Jane's boys. All I need to know.
I wonder if he knows about the lawsuit yet.
Sue you... Sue everybody!!
Bring your shoes and your glasses so that you have them!!
Morrisville Radio Shack hit by armed robber for a second time
Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 5:35 pm | Updated: 6:48 pm, Tue Jan 15, 2013.
By Jo Ciavaglia Staff writer
MORRISVILLE -- An electronic chain store was robbed by an armed suspect for the second time in three months Monday night.
Morrisville police Tuesday confirmed only that the robbery occurred about 6 p.m. at the Radio Shack in the Morrisville Shopping Center off West Trenton Road. Police did not provide a description of the suspect(s) or the type of weapon displayed.
In Monday’s robbery and another that occurred Oct. 18, electronic equipment as well as cash from the register were taken, according to a police spokeswoman.
In the earlier armed robbery, police said two men -- one with a gun -- dressed in all black and wearing masks robbed the store at gunpoint and escaped. There were no customers in the store and the suspects reportedly locked the lone worker in a back room.
"Morrisville Radio Shack hit by armed robber for a second time
"
How is that store still open? Does anyone go in there for anything?
Apparently robbers. For money.
I bought a calculator battery there once, a couple years ago.
That's bad about the robberies, but you're right, I don't understand Radio Shack's business model and how they stay in business.
It's unsustainable. They need to FarmOut to WalMart, BestBuy, and CostCo ASAP.
From Reddit:
What most people don't realize about the phones is that they cost about $600 without a contract. RadioShack pays on average $550 for one unit. One unit that they sell for $99. They pay cold hard cash to the manufacturers, where as many competitor businesses pay on credit for the devices. This means that the majority of RadioShack's capital is all cash, and that the stockpiles of phones they have are 100% theirs. (They devalue of course, but it certainly adds up.) Why do they set themselves up with such a raw deal? Because in exchange for taking such a loss, they get a residual income on that customer's contract. We're talking something on the order of 5% of the carrier bill EVERY SINGLE MONTH. And this residual happens not just for the two year contract, but for the duration of the time the customer is with the company. Now, my family has been with AT&T for probably 12 or 13 years. We have six phones, and our monthly bill is somewhere on the order of $300. That means that every month, RadioShack gets $15 from my family. That's $180 a year from one customer that visited once for a minimum of 2 years. The average amount of phone customers per store is probably around 50 a month (a conservative estimate). RadioShack could shut down every single store they own today, and still be profitable for at least two years, but probably closer to four.
There you have it. Anybody have deets on where the cash is stored, what alarm features they have, average police response times, etc?
RS is an anachronism, cellphones or not. And really, who goes to RS for a cellphone? Isn't is cheaper to deal directly with your carrier? At least with them you can negotiate some kind of deal.
Well, in this robber's defense, at least he didn't try to rob the dollar store across the lot.
Does it strike anyone else as particularly stupid when you see someone arrested for shoplifting at the dollar store? I mean, where's the sense of risk vs. reward in these instances?
It is unfortunate that this business was robbed - again. I really hope Radio Shack stays put. Their closing up shop would no doubt leave way for another smoke shop.
"RS is an anachronism, cellphones or not. And really, who goes to RS for a cellphone? Isn't is cheaper to deal directly with your carrier? At least with them you can negotiate some kind of deal."
RS frequently has a better deal,believe it or not.
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