[TriLUG] OT Local Electronic DIY Store

[James Jones]

wasn't there a place on glenwood avenue called Capitol electronics? There
was also Womack electronics, & Lafayette in Raleigh, but only Radio Shack
survives today.

We need a fry's & a skycraft here :-)

jcj


On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:29 AM, R Radford <rradford at mindspring.com> wrote:

> 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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