[Milsurplus] Surplus stores, then and now

[J. Forster]

Peter Gottlieb wrote:

> Is this the same company http://www.columbiaelectronics.com/index.htm ?

I believe it is. They had a very fancy show room in LA somewhere in the late 60s
/ early 70s. I think the owner reads some of these lists. I believe their main
business was buying US surplus and selling to smaller countries. Nice, but how
can a person compete with a country?  I sure can't.

-John

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> Has anybody dealt with them lately?  I heard they have some nice stuff but
> EXTREMELY expensive, so much so that only foreign governments or defense
> contractors can afford them.
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