Surplus store
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, California, United States A surplus store or disposals store is a business that sells items and goods that are used, purchased but unused, or past their use by date, and are no longer needed due to excess supply, decommissioning, or obsolescence. The surplus sold is often military, government, or industrial goods.
, California, United States]] A surplus store or disposals store is a business that sells items and goods that are used, purchased but unused, or past their use by date, and are no longer needed due to excess supply, decommissioning, or obsolescence. The surplus sold is often military, government, or industrial goods.
Terminology
A store that sells military or government goods is usually called a military surplus store, government surplus store, war surplus store, or army-navy store.
Military surplus
Military surplus stores sell equipment that was intended for the military but is unable to be used, no longer in service, or originally purchased in excess by the military. These stores often sell camping equipment or military clothing. Large amounts of former military clothing and equipment were sold in these stores after World War I and World War II.
See also
Diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages Military Surplus Act (Kahn–Wadsworth Act) Performance-based logistics Spare part Surplus Property Act Radio Row Business cluster Entrepreneurial ecosystem
References
External links
Amateur Computer Society Newsletter, 1966-1976—The early computer hobbyists relied on surplus electronic parts.
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