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A supply store for people who want to build robots, electronic gadgets, kinetic art or anything else that moves, beeps or flashes. | |
Hobby Engineering StoreThe brick and mortar retail store is closed until further notice. All orders must be placed online:http://www.HobbyEngineering.com Question: Is Hobby Engineering still in business? Answer: Absolutely! I have gone back to my Internet roots and am shipping orders every day. I have temporarily slowed my order processing interval temporarily so I can focus on much needed product line and web site upgrades. Question: Is there a Hobby Engineering retail store? Answer: Not at this time. Question : What happened to the retail store? Short Answer: Bad management (me). Long Answer: When I opened the store I had no idea what I was getting into. I think I now have a much a better idea and do not see any way to run a retail business with my current resources or at this location. I have also decided that I don.t have the character to keep doing a bad job of retail. I hope to revive the retail store during the next year. Question: Will the retail store reopen at your current location? Answer: The city council of Millbrae seems to believe that it has too many independent businesses and not enough chain stores. To correct that, they hope to raze this funky area and build shiny new construction that none of the current tenants can afford. At this time I am waiting for the development plans to unfold and for my lease to expire. The most likely scenario is that I will be moving sometime in the August to October time-frame. The ONLINE store will continue with just the normal disruption that any move entails -- there is no question about that. The status of the retail store depends on our ability to find affordable space in a city that will allow our mixed industrial / retail property use. I will update this page as plans become settled. -- Al |
The content on this page was updated on 03/03/2008