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Old 11-29-2017, 01:13 PM
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NYC Area electronics surplus?

Got an upcoming business trip, am curious if there's still any old school electronics surplus stores in business there. Usually I like to check out that sort of store when I travel, the kind of place which has been around for half a century and never throws things away.
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Old 11-30-2017, 09:47 AM
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Got an upcoming business trip, am curious if there's still any old school electronics surplus stores in business there. Usually I like to check out that sort of store when I travel, the kind of place which has been around for half a century and never throws things away.
IIRC, all the electronic surplus stores were in the area of the WTC.
Maybe the gods of obsolete electronics were offended and look what happened.
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Old 11-30-2017, 07:40 PM
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Hah that's too bad, lots of other cities still have them
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Old 11-30-2017, 08:21 PM
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If you ever find yourself in Orlando Skycraft Surplus is worth visiting.
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If you ever find yourself in Orlando Skycraft Surplus is worth visiting.
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If you ever find yourself in Orlando Skycraft Surplus is worth visiting.
Been there, in 2015.. It was awesome, bought a bunch of stuff.
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Old 11-30-2017, 11:08 PM
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Similar stores I've been to include A1 Parts, in Toronto Canada, and Electronic Dimensions in Tacoma WA. Vetco in Seattle used to be similar but that was ages ago. I've heard there's still some good ones in California but never been.
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Old 12-01-2017, 08:16 AM
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There’s a store like that in Colorado Springs, they still sell tubes and such. I’ve yet to make the pilgrimage, but maybe I’ll have time to go in January???
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Similar stores I've been to include A1 Parts, in Toronto Canada, and Electronic Dimensions in Tacoma WA. Vetco in Seattle used to be similar but that was ages ago. I've heard there's still some good ones in California but never been.
Another good one is Chester Electronics in Kenosha.
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