[Milsurplus] TRW Swap Meet

[Michael Bittner]

I do not want to associate myself with anyone who is blaming disagreeable 
things on Hispanics.

The food trucks were a good idea while they lasted, especially the BBQ done 
by the veterans group.

The stolen equipment situation was largely in the era of the Big Citizen's 
Band craze.  At that time and at other swap meets, the swap meet officials 
patrolled the area and wrote down the serial numbers of such equipment.  I 
assume this discouraged the reselling of stolen equipment at such swap 
meets.

At any swap meet, there always seems to be one or two officials who take on 
the air of self-appointed cops.  My attitude is: "Never Argue with Volunteer 
Labor."  Just go along with them and don't sweat the small stuff.  Most 
officials are as fair and friendly as they can be, given the occasional 
rudeness of some swap meet attendees.

Yes, much of the equipment and parts, these days, is of Asian manufacture, 
like the new 47uF, 450-Volt filter caps that I got at TRW last Saturday for 
$1.50 each.

73, Mike W6MAB
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "KD7JYK DM09" <kd7jyk at earthlink.net>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2018 17:14
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] TRW Swap Meet


> "Yes, TRW very disappointing these past few years.  They are now allowing 
> in sellers with non-electronic items in an effort to increase stall 
> occupancy. It's not working too well."
>
> This began around 1994-5 with the Hispanics with loud stereos, food, and 
> what a lot of us suspected was quite a bit of stolen equipment. That, 
> coupled with the raging psycho-Nazi mentality of those running it- badly, 
> I stopped going shortly afterward.
>
> A shame, I had gone monthly since the mid-80's, until it devolved into a 
> third-world dump.
>
> Kurt
>
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