13 Aug
2012
13 Aug
'12
9:19 a.m.
On 13 Aug 2012 at 6:30, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
Well, if you manufacture stuff, this is what you get. I can remember
shopping the surplus shops on S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago when I was
young. Almost anything you could imagie. By the late 60s they were
all gone.
During the 70s and 80s, the Santa Clara vallley was loaded with shops
because people were still building things there.
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Anchor Electronics. They
still have lots of interesting stuff.
But I can empathize with those trying to sell stuff now. If I look in
my own stuff, I ask myself "Who wants bipolar RAM any more?" Once
very expensive, now practically worthless. Yet I can't bring myself
to toss it.
If I ran a surplus store, I'd go broke. It's a tough business.
--Chuck
I wish there
were more around like that. And there are, in the SF
Bay area (visit Halted next time you're out there; you won't be
sorry). I'll absolutely agree they're dying, but sometimes they're
not overrated.
Seconded. Even with Fry's, Fry's selection is uneven, their service is
terrible, and the nearest Fry's is 45 minutes away from me anyway. I'd
commit unspeakable acts if I could get a Halted here. Well, I'd commit
speakable acts, at least.