[Boatanchors] A visit to Fair Radio - photos

[J. Forster]

> Some neat stuff but not all.  There stuff, to me, is so over priced it
> does
> not make sense to buy from them unless you have deep pockets or are
> needing something for a museum.  Surplus is great for experimenters and
> as a means of saving money.

The days of taking radios to bits for parts are long gone. Thank goodness.

> I don't see where they provide such a service in most
> cases today.  A few years ago, yes.  I wish this were not true.  It seems
> like whenever I am building something I do not buy from them because it
> does not make economic sense to do so.

Good.

> At least not for the projects I
> construct.  I guess if you need some weird item nobody else wants,  you
> might be able to buy it from them at an affordable price.  In short, I
> enjoy looking at their stuff, but rarely buy any of it due to their
> price tags.
> Maybe they have to charge those prices based on their overhead, but that
> does not change things from my vantage point.
>
> Lee, w0vt

You forget inflation...  at least 20x since the 1960s... due to
irresponsible spendimng by governmental trolls.

YMMV,

-John

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