"g. beat " @spam protected wrote in message
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"pltrgyst" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:59:27 -0500, jakdedert
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Chuck - K1KW wrote:
Yup...good ole surplus sales....you can buy better but you can't pay
more....rediculous prices...

That was my take as well, although I saw things there that would be
unobtainable from other sources. For those--IF you need them--any price
is reasonable. For the rest...yeah, the prices seemed too high. The OP
states they're not making much margin. In that case, there's something
wrong with the business model that they're trying to make up off the
customer.

Hey, cut 'em some slack. Somebody's got to make it worthwhile for them
to
live
in Nebraska.

-- Larry


Larry -

I have met and know Bob (owner of SSN). He use to work at Collins in
1970s - and moved back to Omaha. He picked up large amount of Collins
surplus - in late 1970s and early 1980s - and had a few "local" Cedar
rapids
hams buy items for him -- before Rockwell closed the "Surplus Store" in
mid-1980s.

I have sold him surplus Collins items that I have picked up from the
Collins
store in early 1980s.

He traveled the Midwest hamfest circuit for over a decade - before he
discovered "mail order and catalogs". As the Collins inventory has
dwindled -- Bob has migrated into "general surplus" - largely electrical.
Surplus can be a tough business of buying excess inventory or large
quantity
of items - and then finding the right market (It's not a "get rich quick"
business - and you need cheap STORAGE)

Most of the comments I have read are factually based.

The Web site can be deceiving - and has not changed for a few years.
1. Products listed and shown that are no longer available (and have not
been
for at least 2 or 3 years) - such as Turner hand microphones.

2. Current web photo of the warehouse is bogus (It does not look like
that)
-- SSN shipping address changed about 2 years ago - none of the photos
changed.
I have physically been to that address - no signage and in a 2 block area
north of Qwest Center (location of Union Pacific's old "shop yards") north
of I-480
2 local businesses in other warehouses - did not know of SSN as a company
in
the warehouse area.

Draw your own conclusions - my opinion is private and based upon 25 years
of
fact and personal selling/buying experience with SSN.

USENET is not here for advertising purposes - which Bill's post comes very
close to.



There are several ads posted here today. Is this one any different?




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