[kwlug-disc] answering questions for complete strangers..

[Doug Moen]

I walked in to The Source in Conestoga mall, it looked like they were trying to imitate an Apple store. I saw laptops, cell phones, headphones, other generic commodity stuff, nothing remotely interesting. It's not Radio Shack.

On Sat, Aug 14, 2021, at 7:58 PM, Chris Craig wrote:
> I live within walking distance of Cambridge Surplus. I would suggest that you don't go out of your way to check it out. It has far less than KW Surplus.
> 
> Everything Andrew K said about Sayal is spot on.
> 
> How is The Source these days? How about Graybar? Eclipse Automation?
> 
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 at 16:47, Charles M <chaslinux at gmail.com> wrote:
>> That's odd because we were driving by Orion the other day and I swear
>> I saw the neon sign lit up as open. I thought it was strange since I
>> heard they were closed too. Going a little closer to Cambridge there's
>> also Cambridge Surplus.
>> 
>> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 1:38 PM Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists
>> account) via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Aug 14, 2021, at 1:25 PM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > So I was in KW Surplus earlier today, in the little electronics section with the switches and the Arduino add-ons, etc., when some guy asked me "is there anyplace else around here where I can get more of this stuff?"
>> >
>> > I really couldn't give him an answer, other than "there used to be a cool place on Lancaster but they changed it".
>> >
>> > So.. to answer the question for my own curiosity, does anyone know of any other stores in the KW area that would sell oddball electronics stuff?
>> >
>> >
>> > Sayal Electronics, across the street from the Toyota plant: 1040 Fountain St N, Cambridge, ON N3E 1A3. Their prices are higher (stupidly so on some items), but they’re local and have a LOT, including mechanical bits, tools, 3D printing stuff, educational kits/toys and of course, components.
>> >
>> > Orion Electronics on Lancaster I think is (finally) dead and closed. They hung on for-freaking-ever, reinventing themselves several times.
>> >
>> > There is (was?) also Environmental Quescence, run by David Schlievert. He used to operate out of is house on River Rd., but he’s moved, I think to Guelph. His website is a bit of a mess, but email him, he’s got so much stuff, he’s exactly like how KW Surplus used to be in its heyday: https://eq-trm.com. LOTS of mechanical, pneumatic stuff too, generally for automation. You won’t find Arduino-esque stuff there, but damn near anything else you might want.
>> >
>> > -A.
>> >
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