I bought a SHARP boom box from circuit city way back in 1983 when I was a young airman stationed in Charleston AFB S.C.
From the moment I pulled it out of the package it did not work correctly, playing cassette tapes.
I tried several times to get both Sharp and circuit city to fix the problem, SHARP flatly refused and circuit city *repaired* it but never fixed the problem, and eventually refused to try anymore.
I finally just gave up.
I personally have never bought a SHARP product since and the one and only time I’ve set foot in a circuit city store since 1983 was to get a verizon cell phone through my company for work.
Good riddance indeed!
A side note, a while later on the way to Korea that boom box was destroyed in the move and I got reimbursed and got a new one...a sanyo I think it was...played swell, still have it, obsolete as it is, but my wife uses the radio on it during the summer months in the back yard!
That was Sharp boombox was good for something. Trade in on soemthing that worked!
I bought two Sharp scientific calculators back in 1982 when I was in college. The Prof cautioned everyone to be sure to have two, because if one died during a timed trig exam you would be SOL.
I used both of them daily in my work and at home for 26 years before either one needed a battery!
I had to replace the battery in one of them a few months ago. I changed both batteries and should be good to go for another 25 years. I think I paid about $15 ea at the time.
Not all Sharp products are a bad deal.