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   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:47:16 -0500, micky wrote:   
      
   > Wow.  There was another store in Queens that sold brand new left-over   
   > parts from TV assembly.  Knobs, handles, fuses, battery holders,   
   > resistors, 100's of things... things they bought, say, 1000 of and then   
   > only made 860 tvs.  Cost like 5 or 10 cents a piece.  I bought lots of   
   > stuff and never used most of it, but I more than got my money's worth.   
   > He only sold to people in the trade.  I saw him once reuse entry to   
   > someone, but I had printed business cards for Clinton Electronics, which   
   > didn't exist, and it got me in. In the 70's they were $1 for 100.   That   
   > worked so well I printed cards for Clinton Products and Services, which   
   > I figured covers everything, but I never used them.   
      
   There was a business, All Electronics, that specialized in surplus bits   
   and pieces. It closed a couple of years ago but former employees started   
   AreElectronics, possible with left over inventory.   
      
   https://aretronics.com/collections/product-catalog   
      
   "AreTronics buy’s industrial surplus. We specialize in electronic and   
   electro-mechanical parts and assemblies.   
   We will buy electronic parts (new and used), sub-assemblies, work in   
   progress and customer returns."   
      
   Their catalog is eclectic but sometimes you find real gems.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)