[NLRS] ABC Electronics - kaput

[WA2VOI, Donn]

It looked as if they have only closed the walk-in store.  The rest of the 
area (behind the "old" store area was still there, and still packed full.

E-bay is, I'm sure, more profitable than the store is/was.  Just harder to 
get 1 or 2 $0.20 capacitors from e-bay.  :-(

73 Donn
WA2VOI/0

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Elmquist" <chrise at pobox.com>
To: "WA2VOI, Donn" <wa2voi at mninter.net>
Cc: "NLRS" <NLRS at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: [NLRS] ABC Electronics - kaput


End of an era I guess Donn.  Hunh.  They probably couldn't resist selling
the property to a developer in what has now become the high buck "North
Loop" area.

I was watching a few items on eBay that are from ABC Electronics and
those are still active it looks like,

http://stores.ebay.com/ABC-ELECTRONICS-2

but per tradition, the prices on test equipment or similar are, umm, kind of
high.

I wonder if they bailed on the store but are keeping an eBay presence?

Chris NØJCF

On Thursday (08/27/2015 at 04:15PM -0500), WA2VOI, Donn wrote:
>
>
> Had an unplesent surprise this afternoon...  Went down to ABC Electronics 
> to
> look thru their (limited) stock of silver mica caps only to met at the 
> door
> with a sign (actually, TWO signs):
>
> ABC Electronics is closed.
> Stock is at Ax-Max Surplus
> 1625 University Ave, St. Paul
>
> The room is BARE: nothing there at all, not even shelves.
>
> I didn't go over to Ax-Max... State Fair and all, but we can hope that the
> stuff will be "find-able."  One thing about ABC was that you COULD find
> stuff without having to look for hours.  Ax-Man not so much.
>
> Oh, well.
>
> 73 Donn
> WA2VOI/0
>
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Chris Elmquist