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   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Rob   wrote:   
   >Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >> Rob   wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Halted is one of, if not the last, surplus stores in the   
   >>>> Valley. I've always visited when in the area.   
   >>>   
   >>>This kind of stores (much smaller of course) have closed decades ago here.   
   >>>They need supply and demand, and both of them are diminishing.   
   >>   
   >> The supply has changed and moved.  There are now huge components markets   
   >> in China and Korea that sell manufacturing surplus the way Halted and   
   Poly-Paks   
   >> used to do.   
   >   
   >But it is probably not worth it to ship it in bulk to the USA or Europe   
   >to sell it there at surplus prices.   
   >Maybe a surplus store could survive in those countries when shipping   
   >individual orders.   
      
   They do!  They sell on alibaba and sometimes on ebay!  There are all KINDS   
   of bulk electronics parts on ebay.   
      
   >Last time I have been there I "urgently" needed some 74HC123 to use in   
   >a PPS pulse stretcher I intended to install a few days later.  When I   
   >got home it turned out they had grabbed 74HC132 from the drawers.   
   >Fortunately I could still use those for the purpose...   
   >But normally I order components and gadgets at Aliexpress, they are   
   >delivered in 10-14 days and cost a fraction of what I was used to paying   
   >in local stores (that were getting impossible to go to except by bicycle).   
   >And when I would require quality stuff and quick delivery there are lots   
   >of options as well.   
      
   Welcome to the New Surplus Era.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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