WeirdStuff going out of business

[Marc Howard]

Looking at Outback's website I don't see them selling old Sun 3 keyboards
or outlet strips.

Sigh,

Marc

On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 7:29 AM, Lyle Bickley via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Apr 2018 20:35:28 -0400
> Douglas Taylor via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> > On 4/5/2018 8:21 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> > > Last Day is this Sunday
> > >
> > > http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?63045-
> WeirdStuff-is-going-out-of-buisiness-(
> > >
> > > since I can't attach a picture here
> > >
> > What's going to happen to all the weird stuff?
>
> Here's the newsletter Weirdstuff sent to all their subscribers:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> WeirdStuff Warehouse Newsletter
>
> April 6, 2018
>
> To Weirdstuff Customers,
>
> Sadly, after 32 years in business, Weirdstuff Warehouse will be closing
> its doors as of April 9, 2018. If you have been following the real
> estate news for Sunnyvale you know that Google purchased a large amount
> of real estate in the area including the building we have been leasing
> for the past 22 years. We have been asked to vacate the building as
> soon as possible, and in order to accomplish that task we are selling
> our inventory and many of our assets to Outback Equipment of Morgan
> Hill. The transfer of inventory and assets will take place on April 9,
> 2018; at that time Weirdstuff Warehouse will cease to do business.
>
> Even though Weirdstuff is closing we will retain ownership of the
> Corporation, trademark, and domain names. We hope to handle these
> entities and wind down the corporation before year end.
>
> Many of you have been loyal customers for many years, and we have
> enjoyed working with you. We thank you for your loyalty and business.
>
> For more information, check out our website after Monday, April 9, 2018.
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------
>
> I spent most of yesterday (Friday) hanging out at Weirdstuff. NBC News
> interviewed WS management and myself about the closing. NBC showed up
> because of the "trend" of Bay Area tweets about the closure. Needless
> to say, the WS store was packed with sad faces about the closing. Not
> one good word about Google, who is buying up all the land they can and
> wiping out small businesses with disregard.
>
> Lyle
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