[ML-General] No More Radio Shack

[Joshua Pritt]

Here in Florida near Melbourne Makerspace there is a locally owned business
called Jaycon Systems.  They are the ones we normally go to for parts and
things.  Perhaps there's a similar place near there or someone could start
a similar business there in Huntsville?
http://melbournemakerspace.org/

http://www.jayconsystems.com/



On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Jacob Chancery <jacob.chancery at gmail.com>
wrote:

> They declared bankruptcy yesterday.
>
> So, is there any other place I can go to buy electrical components?  I
> mean, for a planned project I would just buy online.  But for an emergency
> repair, it sure was nice to have a local store.
>
> I once spent hours disassembling my mini-van power sliding door to figure
> out that the problem was a corroded limit switch
> <http://www.radioshack.com/spdt-switch-with-3-4-roller-lever/2750017.html#.VNTe9J29l8F>.
> Luckily I could pick up a new switch from Radio Shack and fix it, instead
> of having to reassemble it broken and wait for an order to arrive.
>
> -Jacob
>
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