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Originally Posted by dieseljeep
Looking at the hodge-podge of junk in the back, it's obvious they buy out defunct distributors and repair shops. much of the stuff is shop-worn.
The gal depicted was buying, what looked like old lighting fixture lenses.
I don't think, I'm going there for vacuum tubes. They wanted to nick me $13.00 for a 1DG3 HV rectifier, used in a GE PortaColor . I commented, it isn't an audio tube, why so expensive! Naturally, I didn't buy it!
I ended up buying it from ESRC, from the dollar list. The only thing is there, you have to buy ten or more tubes from the dollar list, but there was a few other odd-ball tubes I needed. I recommend them whole-heartedly.  |
Honestly I don't see how a place like that can keep their doors open with the limited market for most everything they stock. They're stuck between a rock and a hard place trying to be competitive with online sellers and actually paying the heat and lighting bills to keep the large walk in area open to the public. My personal experience with owning a large retail space has become extremely challenging. Expenses keep going up and yet the market share keeps getting spread thinner and thinner. It's hard to understand until you try running a retail store first hand, just how expensive the overhead is today.