[NJARC] Closing, A Store Near You

Thu Feb 23 00:03:12 EST 2006

There used to be a radio store in Medford- out Rt 70
near the Southampton(Vincentown) line.. Perhaps it was
even on the Vincentown side of the line... I went
there several years back, and they had room after room
stocked with parts- I remember seeing shelved walls
completely filled with new tubes!(this was in the
early 1990's)

Well, I went there about 5 or 6 years ago to get a
tube, and not only were the tubes gone, the 150+ year
old house they had been in was completely gone. Only
the driveway was left.

I was kind of annoyed.

Scott

--- Phil Vourtsis <pvourtsis at optonline.net> wrote:

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> Growing up in Brooklyn I used to visit Gem
> electronics and Lafayette.
> Once I moved out to central Jersey I frequented
> Monmouth Radio near Red Bank
> and Interstate Electronics (IEI) in Hazlet. Monmouth
> Radio is gone but IEI
> is still there on Route 36 near the parkway (117
> exit). They have changed
> with the times and sell big screen TVs and lots of
> audio stuff but in the
> back they still have the old counter with the old
> stock capacitors,
> resistors, and belts for turntables and tape
> machines.
> 
> Phil Vourtsis
> Pres. New Jersey Antique Radio Club
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>   Radio Shack just didn't seem to appeal much to me.
> Nor did the Lafayette
> store in Plainfield (where I purchased my HA-225
> receiver with money from my
> paper route). Greenbrook works for me as well in a
> pinch. I wonder if Disco
> Electronics (Springfield) is still around?
> 
>    But since some of us are waxing nostalgic I often
> went to Williams
> Electronics. They are located right of Route 1 in
> Edison on Woodbridge
> avenue. They are still there though like Greenbrook
> now have a more targeted
> market.
> 
>   Rich Skoba
> 
> --
> Looking for Cornell-Dublier items...
> 
>  -------------- Original message
> ----------------------
> From: Ray Chase <enrpnr at erols.com>
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> > Interesting thread about Radio Shack, I go into a
> local one a few times, 
> > seldom find what I want.  Once I was looking for
> dial cord (knew I had 
> > plenty at home but for the life of me I could not
> find it and had a rush 
> > job so thought I'd buy a roll).  Couldn't find any
> and asked the 20'ish 
> > geek clerk and he could not understand what dial
> cord was and no matter 
> > how I tried to explain what it was used for he
> just rolled his eyes.  
> > Boy did that make me feel old.
> > Glad someone mentioned Greenbrook Electronics. 
> The last of a dying 
> > breed.  There also used to be Lashin's in
> Denville, don't know if they 
> > are still around.  Anyway, Greenbrook does still
> have anything you need 
> > including some blank chassis and even some
> manufacturers surplus bins 
> > like Federated and Lafayette used to have.  I find
> the prices high at 
> > Greenbrook but if you need it today where else are
> you going to go?  
> > Fortunately I live close by and fortunately I have
> a large stock of 
> > parts and seldom need to buy something.  How long
> will Greenbrook last, 
> > the guys who work there look pretty long in the
> tooth as well.  Lately 
> > when I get the bug to build something I check my
> own stock and if I 
> > don't have the parts for it I think up something
> else to work on.
> > Ray
> > 
> > AMCMATADOR at aol.com wrote:
> > 
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> > > Its not really a loss at this point, Besides,
> why deal with Radio Shack,
> Mail 
> > > or internet order is far better OR,you can deal
> with a place like
> Greenbrook 
> > > Electronics in greenbrook, they still have
> almost any component you
> could 
> > > need. prices are good, and service is that you
> would have expected to
> get 20 
> > or 
> > > more yrs ago. I say, support local busness! I
> have been going there for
> at 
> > least 
> > > 8 years, and have been very satisfied, even if
> it is a bit of a drive...
> 
> > > 
> > >           Darren 
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