[TriLUG] OT Local Electronic DIY Store

[R Radford]

Southeastern Electronics closed about 2003, so it has been a while.  There
was a big sale there for weeks as they sold out the merchandise - great
buys on ham gear and test equipment, but either I already had what they
were selling, or their new prices were already higher than I wanted to
spend, so I ended up buying nothing.

Their prices on parts to the general public was never very good, but it was
nice if you needed a part quickly.




On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Pete Soper <pete at soper.us> wrote:

> On 06/13/2013 07:08 PM, David Burton wrote:
>
>> When did Southeastern Electronics close, anyhow?
>>
> My memory of that is totally fuzzy, as I'd switched to mail order and just
> heard about the closing after the fact.
>
> But I moved to this area in the 70s from the Boston area where I'd visit
> Polypaks <http://www.flickr.com/photos/**oskay/4455981283/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/oskay/4455981283/>>,
> so I was both spoiled and apparently unable to resist the allure of factory
> floor sweepings. I suspect most on this list don't have the time to deal
> with out of spec, let alone defective parts. In fact I'm cautious about
> buying from RS because their stuff tends to have very skimpy documentation
> and I'm frequently needing specifics (e.g. LED viewing angle). The "can't
> be a mid-board" Seeed shield issue is a great example of how expensive this
> can be in terms of time and frustration.
>
> -Pete
>
>
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