<div dir="ltr">A lot of surplus operations have sole inventory to online dealers and sometimes you just need to stand <div>there and look and feel the items in the bin before purchase.<div>I do a lot of design right in front of the parts bins.</div></div><div><br></div><div>I was relieved to find out that both Excess Solutions on S7th and Anchor Electronics (Walsh in Santa Clara) actually have showroom space for you to browse.</div><div><br></div><div>Id like to ask those near Berkeley to PLEASE support Lashers if practical.</div><div>They are just barely holding on, still a family operation.</div><div>With Radio Shack moving to online and reducing their selection, Lashers has a chance to survive.</div><div><br></div><div>The last Zack I saw was in Vallejo. Checking the net, Zack seems to still be alive and selling on the net.</div><div><br></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
<a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 6:42 PM Rick Moen <<a href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Quoting Paul Zander (<a href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" target="_blank">paulz@ieee.org</a>):<br>
<br>
> The trend in redevelopment is 3 or 4 or 7 stories with residences<br>
> above and so-called retail on the ground floor. Unfortunately<br>
> "retail" has become a synonym for over-fancy, over-priced restaurant. <br>
> A TruValue hardware or even a Radio Shack is never in the mix.<br>
<br>
It's a combination of the real estate bubble and rent-seeking behaviour<br>
from investors who''re trying to grab the Yuppie dollar while it's in<br>
motion. And also Proposition 13 (long discussion omitted here).<br>
<br>
One of the reasons for the phenomenon of Silicon Valley was the<br>
availability of fairly inexpensive land during the buildout phase, such<br>
that you got businesses on land and buildings long ago paid for and not <br>
trying for a gold rush. In my little town, some of the worst losses in<br>
recent years have been family-owned businesses in operation for many<br>
decades that suddenly closed because the next generation (if any) wasn't<br>
willing to continue, and so the valuable and low-taxed real estate<br>
suddenly got bought by speculators, existing buildings bulldozed, and<br>
everything turned into high-priced four-story Yuppie bait (as you<br>
describe). This process continues.<br>
<br>
> I can count at least 3 bicycle shops that have closed the past couple<br>
> of years.<br>
<br>
When I moved back to the South Bay in 2000, I was astonished to see that<br>
only a single bicycle shop remained on University Avenue, Palo Alto.<br>
There used to be six or seven of them. But that is in part demographics<br>
and only partly rent trends.<br>
<br>
> A bit of good news: HSC has sold its remaining inventory to Excess<br>
> Solutions on South 7th St in San Jose.<br>
<br>
Thank you! I've been trying to find out what if anything would be<br>
replacing HSC and Weird Stuff Warehouse. That's the first answer I've<br>
gotten.<br>
<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><br>R "Texx" Woodworth<br>Sysadmin, E-Postmaster, IT Molewhacker<br>"Face down, 9 edge 1st, roadkill on the information superdata highway..."<br></div>