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larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:


> They had quite a selection of hardware in the basement which was sold
> by the pound. The store is right in downtown Cleveland and is at one
> end of a triangular-shaped block. There used to be a decent surplus store
> on a main street south of Cleveland, not that far from Parma, but I
> can't remember the name.

Alas, both Jeff-Tronics and Dixons Radio/Key {honest!} are now gone.
Gene Jefferies, however, goes to Dayton with us most years. Electronic
Surplus is still in the same building. Because of the street parking
restrictions in the area, their hours are 0900-1600 but the basement is
often open only @ lunch hour. They may or may not be open Monday's -- I
don't recall.

Clyde Daniels founded it. His grandson Rick is now in charge. Cylde's
wife used to stand and sort used resistors and pots into the bins. One
of Clyde's habits was to tell you how that left-handed Fragulator
(priced at $3.50) cost Uncle Sam $23,456.89. Rick revived this to some
amusement with a sign proclaiming that the original price of the
in_the_dash AM/FM/Tape/CB radio (now $45.00, I think) was $9,146.89.
The fine print, however, pointed out that THAT figure included the
carrying case -- an '75 Mopar product ;-}

The LARGEST surplus store to be found, however, is the Dayton
Hamvention. Every April, 30,000+ crazies such as myself descend on that
poor city. They come from as far as Usenet reaches, which is to say
.oz-->.dk and beyond. The flea market has somewhere around 2000 parking
spaces. Maybe 5% are empty at one time. I'm hard pressed to think of
something I have NOT seen there over the years.

If you've never been to Dayton, come. You won't regret it --
until you bring the stuff home and have to explain it to the
boss......

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