Electronic Connection

Reviews 5

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Al Bradford

This place has everything. Its the LAST of disappearing segment of electronic component stores. My visit was on 6/20/2015. I needed some connectors and found this place online. If you are doing any type of electronic work, go there, they have it all. Its better and more convenient than shopping online. Im not sure where the comments about "stay away from the lady" or the other negative comments are coming. Shes 65 and hes 75 and they are both extremely knowledgeable and are the last last of a dying breed of storefront electronic component distributors. I found them nothing but pleasant and wise. While I was there a few customers came in with very vague descriptions of what they needed "I need a fuse for my thing" said one. What size? What type? What is it going in? Why did blow? Did you bring the old one? These are all questions this customer should have answered before they entered the store. Know exactly what you need before you walk in (or bring the old one) and I promise, your experience will be fruitful. They have (not all inclusive): Surface mount components Molex connectors JST connectors External Antennas, cables and connectors. Small and large gauge wires Oscilloscopes, meters, frequency counters, jumpers, bench power supplies Card edge connectors, circuit board headers, terminal blocks, project boxes, every video connector known to man. Every size capacitor (I saw 1 Farad) , resistor, transistor, IC, crystals, circuit boards, soldering equipment, chemicals (flux remover, contact cleaner, epoxy, Loctite products) Electronic experimenters kits and breadboards (even more rare to find locally) They also have a warehouse stocked with components. Its what Radio Shack should have been and RS electronics used to be, before the acquisition. They are open on Saturday and closed on Wednesday. If you are repairing or creating anything electronic and live in south east Michigan, this is where you need to be. Its a rare place.

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Michael Alexander

The owner / operators are friendly and knowledgeable, and the store has (most likely) the best inventory of electronic supplies in the area. I will admit that they do not suffer fools and cheapskates well, thus...dont be a fool or a cheapskate. In fact, here are a couple of ideas for dealing with any similar business: 1 - Dont buy things with the expectation of using the stuff for testing and then returning it. This is the number one gripe of every electronics business owner I know. Best Buy is actively discouraging this, so why would a locally-owned business be any different? 2 - Know what you need going in! I ask them for opinions from time to time, mostly about how often a particular device is returned for warranty service. What I dont ask them to do is guess what is wrong with my TV/CB/PC, and have them try to magically divine what component to sell you or let you "try out" (see above). Theyre not psychic, and never claimed to be. 3 - DONT BE A FRICKEN CHEAPSKATE!!! Of course their prices will be higher than large, on-line sources. Youre paying for the ability to drive a couple of miles and get what you need. Want a lower price? Order on-line and wait a week. Wait, what did you say? You need to actually see the the thing that you want to buy? Oh, guess thats either a drive to [insert on-line company here] or E.C. You realize that they have bills to pay, right? Just like you, except theirs a higher. Just deal with it...

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Fred Bear

I went to this store on a professional recommendation. I walked in to this to store to have a Police scanner programmed. According to Josh Sovis who is the VP of field reps for Uniden, my Bearcat BCD996T is a top of the line scanner and there is no need to purchase a new one. I went through a divorce and admittedly it has been in a box for 2.5 years. Wash Cty has went from analog to digital and I just wanted my scanner programmed. I walked in, BCD996T in my hand and the crotchety old lady with long black hair greeted me. I told her my dilemma and she began to berate me. She began with the scanner is not digital and it CLEARLY says digital on it., She told me that any scanner over 3 years old could NOT be programmed and I was a FOOL for trying to program it. I am sick of arguing with retards who THINK they know what they are doing, thus I left and simply said I was sorry for wasting her time. I am in the service industry and I was appalled at the behavior of this person. I DO NOT want to hear I was cheap or I did not listen. Money is NO OBJECT as I just paid 250.00 to have it done tonight. I called Mr. Sovis back and Uniden and reported this farm as nothing but trouble. And given the amount of goods that I am ready to buy and WAS going to spend here, I am glad the old crotchety woman showed her true colors. Go elsewhere. Go where you are appreciated.

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Wesley Wilson

This place is a great resource similar to Purchase Radio from Ann Arbor back in the day. Yes they have a TON of obscure stuff. My experiences with the lady on staff was disappointing. I asked if they had a capacitor tester and she said no, then showed me a capacitor substitution box in the locked case sitting right next to 3 testers that are what I wanted. I can buy the same thing on Amazon, but I strongly believe in supporting your local mom and pop merchants.The lesson here is that this place is a real gem and a valuable resource but you should NOT expect any help or advice. Know what you want and look for it, or browse the massive selection of time faded packaging to figure out what will work for you. Sometimes the other customers can be fun and helpful. Ive seen a few people come in and be rude to the owners and I wanted to throw them out myself. Dont come here for free problem solving advice, and try to appreciate what you have available. Radio Shark is gone, you will be sad when you are in a hurry for a part and this place is no more. Minus one star for weird hours, lack of amateur radio equipment and no store mascot, cat or dog to greet you.

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Baba Booey

This store has all the electronic pieces and parts you will ever need. I repair pinball machines and they have all the transistors, resistors, capacitors, etc that I need to repair the computerized logic boards. I could order all of my stuff online but choose to shop local and support a local company, especially since electronic brick and mortar stores are pretty much all but dead and none existent. The older couple that owns this place however really need some help in the customer service aspect of owning a store. I kind of find it comical when they are rude or dismissal to people but it can irk you sometimes too. I was in need of a certain transistor that they had to look up in their computer system and midway through me telling them the model number the old man interjects “Is that all you have”, meaning is that all I have of the model number. It’s like no dude I’m saying it slow so the lady can understand me and punch it correctly in the computer! LOL Kind of quirky people but they can be quite entertaining as long as you’re in a good mood to take some abuse 

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