[Dprglist] Tanner Electronics Closing

[David Anderson]

I guess my question "So, what do we do now?" was aimed more at future 
robot building.

Radio Shack is now gone.  Micro Center has a pretty big hobby robot 
section and some parts, though not the go-to place if you need a 
particular resistor or capacitor or whatever.  Altex has lots of parts 
though not cheap.   Fry's always had lots of components at reasonable 
prices, but they seem to be hollowing out, maybe in preparation for 
bankruptcy?

With Mike's Hobby and Aero Hobby also gone, looks like motors and 
batteries and ESCs and such will have to be ordered new and online.   
For a data point, the Pittman motors on my jBot robot cost $16 a piece 
at Tanners (I bought 4 of them, 2 for spares). They retail for over $200 
a piece new.

So...

Any suggestions?

dpa




On 03/08/2020 06:30 PM, Jose Quinones via DPRGlist wrote:
> I heard their plan was to move to a different location, but the rents 
> were incredibly expensive, so that didn't fly. If you have been 
> keeping track at the real estate here in the DFW metroplex during the 
> past 5 to 8 years, you will have noticed the Californian Exodus has 
> made our real estate prices sky rocket to the smithereens.
>
> Buying them out sounds like a fun thing to consider but something 
> tells me it would not have been cost effective. Of course going to the 
> middle of nowhere would had always be an option and then the question 
> would have been, would we have driven there to see what was new?
>
> I will miss them for sure, but I am afraid this is just the normal 
> course of the electronics/surplus world evolution. Maybe the next 
> great thing will be an auction place?
>
> JIQ
>
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 5:23 PM Keith Seymour via DPRGlist 
> <dprglist at lists.dprg.org <mailto:dprglist at lists.dprg.org>> wrote:
>
>     I was on the side that thought buying them out would be great but
>     I bet they are losing the space.
>
>     On Sat, Mar 7, 2020, 22:06 Scott Sumner via DPRGlist
>     <dprglist at lists.dprg.org <mailto:dprglist at lists.dprg.org>> wrote:
>
>         Invest and buy them out?  Keep it open?
>
>         Scott
>
>
>         On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 10:03 PM David Anderson via DPRGlist
>         <dprglist at lists.dprg.org <mailto:dprglist at lists.dprg.org>> wrote:
>
>             Yep.  All my robots are built from Tanner's parts.   First
>             Mike's Hobby, then this.
>
>             So, what do we do now?  Any suggestions?
>
>             dpa
>
>
>             On 3/4/20 7:05 AM, Jeff Koenig wrote:
>>             This is terribly sad news.  It's the end of an era.
>>
>>             It was great being able to pick up parts at Tanner, and
>>             I'm sure each of us found many unexpected treasures there.
>>
>>
>>             On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 12:40 PM David Anderson via
>>             DPRGlist <dprglist at lists.dprg.org
>>             <mailto:dprglist at lists.dprg.org>> wrote:
>>
>>                 On no!
>>
>>                 On 3/2/20 3:44 PM, R Sluggy via DPRGlist wrote:
>>>                 Per Tanner Electronics' Facebook page, they are
>>>                 closing effective June 1  :(
>>>
>>>                 https://www.facebook.com/OddballElectronics/posts/2767452956663941
>>>
>>>                 Sluggy!
>>>
>>>                 -- 
>>>
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