Surplus Sales of Nebraska

[ars_wa8mea@netzero.com]

I, like many hams, have gotten a lot of surplus stuff from Fair Radio
Sales in Ohio.

Monday, I discovered Surplus Sales of Nebraska.

Nice people! Old school customer service. The web ordering isn't
"modern". But they don't make a lot of money at this, I'm sure. So
I.T. people are probably out of the question. But your order gets
underway in about 48 hours.....

They told me the owner spends all day on the net trying to hunt down
surplus stuff he can buy. So if you have anything, I was told to take
a photo of it....and send an e-mail to him. His e-mail address is at
the bottom of every web page.

Here's the website for Surplus Sales:

http://www.surplussales.com/

73, Bill - WA8MEA

http://HamRadioFun.com

[Chuck - K1KW]

Yup...good ole surplus sales....you can buy better but you can't pay
more....rediculous prices...


> wrote in message
ups.com...
> I, like many hams, have gotten a lot of surplus stuff from Fair Radio
> Sales in Ohio.
>
> Monday, I discovered Surplus Sales of Nebraska.
>
> Nice people! Old school customer service. The web ordering isn't
> "modern". But they don't make a lot of money at this, I'm sure. So
> I.T. people are probably out of the question. But your order gets
> underway in about 48 hours.....
>
> They told me the owner spends all day on the net trying to hunt down
> surplus stuff he can buy. So if you have anything, I was told to take
> a photo of it....and send an e-mail to him. His e-mail address is at
> the bottom of every web page.
>
> Here's the website for Surplus Sales:
>
> http://www.surplussales.com/
>
> 73, Bill - WA8MEA
>
> http://HamRadioFun.com
>

[jakdedert]

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.

jak

>
> > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>> I, like many hams, have gotten a lot of surplus stuff from Fair Radio
>> Sales in Ohio.
>>
>> Monday, I discovered Surplus Sales of Nebraska.
>>
>> Nice people! Old school customer service. The web ordering isn't
>> "modern". But they don't make a lot of money at this, I'm sure. So
>> I.T. people are probably out of the question. But your order gets
>> underway in about 48 hours.....
>>
>> They told me the owner spends all day on the net trying to hunt down
>> surplus stuff he can buy. So if you have anything, I was told to take
>> a photo of it....and send an e-mail to him. His e-mail address is at
>> the bottom of every web page.
>>
>> Here's the website for Surplus Sales:
>>
>> http://www.surplussales.com/
>>
>> 73, Bill - WA8MEA
>>
>> http://HamRadioFun.com
>>
>
>
>

[pltrgyst]

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:59:27 -0500, jakdedert > wrote:

>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

[g. beat]

"pltrgyst" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:59:27 -0500, jakdedert >
> wrote:
>
>>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.

gb

[Spokesman]

"g. beat >" <@<spam protected> wrote in message
...
> "pltrgyst" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:59:27 -0500, jakdedert >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>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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