2 Feb
2006
2 Feb
'06
6:16 p.m.
As many of you know, the venerable Mike Quinn
Electronics in San
Leandro, CA (down by the Oakland Airport) closed last Saturday with
virtually no advance notice. If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area,
you know Mike Quinn is the one of the very last of the nitty gritty
electronics salvage shops left, with an emphasis on gritty.
Another one goes.
I can understand why - unless you live in the middle of nowhere with
basically zero overhead (think Fair or Nebraska Surplus), you just can not
drum up the business. As much as I like the idea of opening a retail
outlet for my junk, I know it would be suicide.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org