Dumpster Safari! (Stil: Off-topic...) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

2 Feb 1998

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  > >I don't know of any *real* military
surplus stores around SF anymore;
 > >though you'd think there would be some, what with Mare Island Naval
 > >ShipYard, Treasure Island, Alameda (Nuclear Wessels!), The Presidio, etc.
I know.  The Nuclear Wessels were hard to find.  Actually, back to the
off-topic topic, there *might* be another wave of stuff, depending on how
many new gadgets various govenrment branches can make, and what we end up
doing with Iraq.  (Albright's coming here tommorow.)

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  > >There are a few electronics surplus stores
around, especially down in the
...
  > >(silicon) valley. Wha?  (That seems
strange to me)
...
  As far as military surplus electronics goes, the
end-all and be-all will
 always be Fair Radio Sales of Lima, OH.  They're even on the web now:
 http://alpha.wcoil.com/~fairadio/

Yeah, but they're still a rip-off.  Their prices were high in the
late 70's when I used to get their catalog, and they're high now. Of course
they are.  I mean, as has been pointed out, they can make a profit
out of it.  And, people GIVE them the money.  I'm betting that many of the
people buying the stuff haven't even heard of Hamfests.
    Also, on Classifieds 2000, they've got UNREASONABLE prices on classics
under "Old Computers."  I mean, I got a II+ form Jeff Kaneko for $10, and I
saw several advertised, as "Real Rare Classics" for 3 digit figures.  And,
if people can make money that way....