Great Surplus Stores?

An old friend of mine, Todd San Martin, passed on a link to me of a great surplus place in Orlando that has lots of old nasa gear and more, and it made me think that it's probably time to talk about great surplus shops again. Not just the aforementioned skycraft or the well known Weird Stuff , although feel free to dicuss those too, but I thought it would make a cool post as a jumping off point for people to talk about their favorite shops especially those near aerospace facilities, both online and off.

Surplus City in Albuquerque

[ocelotbob]

It's definitely one of those awesome little surplus places filled with quirky electronics items. Solid steel keyboards that put Model Ms to shame, old satelite test equipment, hell, they even have a generator to drive an industrial laser. Plus, they've got more traditional surplus fare, like military garb and the like. Great place to shop

Addy for the interested is:
10805 Central Ave NE,
Albuquerque, NM
87123-2727

There's another surplus store a few doors down that I haven't been in yet (hey, stop throwing things at me), but seems to be better kept up. Judging from experience in now closed surplus places, well kept-up means that their prices are higher and they have less interesting stuff.

Re-PC in Tukwila WA

[NeuroManson]

These guys have a constantly moving stock of computer hardware and technology from up to 20 years back. One such piece that they have on display (unknown as to if it's for sale) is an ancient 16" 5MB IBM HD. They also have ancient Sun systems, servers, server racks, and a ton of miscelleneous hardware that one could spend a lifetime decyphering the usage of. It's in Tukwila, on Andover Park West, just a block south of Southcenter Mall.

University Surplus

[Xunker]

Here at the University of Utah [utah.edu] they have the "Property Redistribution" bullding, aka 'Surplus [utah.edu]'. They sell everything remaindered by the university, usually really old; They've had every manner of medical electronics, musical instruments, computers and office furniture -- even cars )if you don't mind Ford Tauruses and Chevy Luminas). Right now they have a Sun 690MP and SGI Iris up for bid.

I've bought at least 500 bucks a crap fromt eh in teh alst two years: 3 Powermacs, 1 laptop, 2 monitors, 2 hubs and an SGI Multilink adpater (for $10 bucks that I sold on eBay for $300).

I've heard similar stories about UCLA, Oregon State and Texas A Basically, the universities strongest curiculae will have surplus from that, and for the UofU it's medical and computers.

Re:The Black Hole

[eecue]

los alamos sales rocks...
i used to work there [eecue.com] sombody else mentioned UCLA... i'll have to check that out. there used to be a place in southern california (artesia) that is no longer in existence. anybody know of any good socal places? -eek

Re:Might not be "geeky" enough...

[bleckywelcky]

And may I ask why you didn't sell it to a collector, museum, or otherwise for probably a heck of a lot more money than you paid for it? Assuming it was at some cheap sale, you might have picked it up for a couple hundred bucks or less? I would imagine you could sell that to some enthusiast who is more interested in having an artifact from that era than just looking at it and shooting it for several thousand at least. If I ran across something like that I would have never opened it until I could find its real value, especially in unopened mint condition.

Re:OMFG WAR JUST BROKE OUT!!!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Lamest troll ever.

you need to get some rest

[djupedal]

The GPS in your car (that the dealer installed to know where it is should he have to have it repo'd) will tell the authorities that you stopped at the surplus store. The minitature ID tags in the used bio-hazard suit you carried out the door will synchronize with the digital video captured as you cleared the register and your face is on file as we speak. They're everywhere...o h m y g o d! ! !

What makes you think eBay has a corner on the big-brother market. If you fear black helicopters, you're not safe anywhere.

I didn't and wouldn't recommend eBay. They ripped me off with a c'card scam that took 6 months to settle, and then only because the bank helped...eBay ignored me. I simply tried to point out that things like we used to find in back rooms and storage units are more likely to be found online. It is clear that my use of eBay as a general example was far too specific for your present disposition (AC's are like that, I know...). eBay frouqad and google tracking is another issue for another day.

Re:use and abuse radioshack

[SpikeSpegiel]

I know that if you worked for Radioshack, you may not be happy with the company. However, you should keep in mind, that Just like M$, Radioshack is good for most people who don't know technology. In addition, unlike M$, Radioshack employies are suppoed to help the customers get the right itme (even if it costs more) to make their stuff work. So Joe average walks in and can't use his DVD player on his old TV, well, he may spend $30-40, but he'll have his DVD player working when he gets home.