> On Mon, 16 Dec 2019 at 00:01, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> I blame me, and people like me. We stopped giving them enough >> business. > > > > Don't beat yourself up over this. The Internet also sped the decline.
I do suspect, also, that the electronics industry has faded away from the T.O. area. Less industry creates less surplus. Last time I was at Active Surplus, quite a few years ago, I found some transistors at 10 for $1.00. The same parts at Home Hardware at College and Spadina were $.10 each. Active surplus just didn't have the "surplus" advantage any more. > > These businesses thrived on the oddball, low-volume, specialty stuff that > benefits from central warehousing. Stuff that used to be the realm of > specialty stores like Raspberry Pis are now on Amazon and a bunch of other > online retailers, along with the various patchboards and DIY stuff. People > post shopping lists for kits that you can then just assemble in an online > shopping cart, and shipping cost is often lower than round-trip bus fare. > > I think the store I miss the most of this genre was Efston Science on > Dufferin > --- > Post to this mailing list [email protected] > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > --- Post to this mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
