William B Allen Supply Co

A dying breed of establishment… In this era of throwaway consumer goods, where most of the repairmen have died and regular people got lazy and wasteful, there isn’t much need anymore for electronic parts… amazon, ebay and all the others helped run this type of store into the ground too…
The store — the actual customer area is now 10 times smaller than it used to be, with no way to wander around the isles of little switches, wires and connectors looking for that perfect thingamajig. Now you really have to know exactly what you want, who makes it and what exactly is called, which if you did, you could just insert it into google and have it shipped to your house the next business day. So I am not holding my breath that this place will last but since it is the last one in town and it is dying, I am wholeheartedly awarding it one of my rare 5 stars…

I live with a man who is constantly in search of perfection… don’t know how he ended up with me… ANYWAY…
When the big box stores do not have what he needs for electrical projects or he’s doing something super specialized fancy pants, he goes to Wm B. Allen. I don’t think this is the sort of place that I could ask for advice, since I know nothing. But he’s got some skills and they help him out.
Honestly, I have got to go inside that building someday with him because I’m just curious.