Missed out on round color tubes!

[Chad Hauris]

There is an electronics shop in the area that is closing and is selling off its inventory. I am helping a friend go through the inventory to buy some phono needles, tubes, etc. Had hoped they had some round color tubes...the shop owner said on the phone, "Well, I did, but I threw them out a few months ago when the town had its recycling/cleanup days". I am hoping that when we take a trip to the shop there may still be some picture tubes buried under some junk, still there.

Every time I come across a small-town TV or electronics shop that is still operating, I ask if they have round CRT's but all I have come across say they threw them out already.