So Cal Surplus and Ewaste — Attraction in Escondido

If you're in the market for a cheap desktop, especially mini-PCs or the occasional workstation, and be able to get used RAM on the cheap for $1 per GB for DDR3 or $2 per GB for DDR4; this is the place to go.

Especially ideal for those looking to get a spare desktop or laptop and load up something like Linux for IT related studies/hobby work. Laptops are generally found in bins.

I was able to pick up a working iMac Mini with a 3rd gen i5 processor, working HDD and 16gb of DDR3 RAM one time for $20. Not sure if anyone else would be lucky as I was but it sure beats driving all the way down to Geek's Candy Store in Miramar; especially when Geek's Candy Store's selection has gotten much more scarce recently.

Saturdays are the days I can really come in due to work related constraints on weekdays; sometimes most of the store owners are out of the office on Saturday. Best to call in advance to see their availability on that day. Lastly, no Sunday availability.

Being primarily an eWaste facility, it can seem cluttered when coming in. That's to be expected. Please take care in looking through everything. Just because something seems to be "abandoned" or "discarded" doesn't mean you can carelessly pick something up and...

Due to cost cuts from our main solar manufacturer, they unfortunately stopped taking back our defective solar units. The solar company I work for had been searching for a cost less way to get rid of our defective units for a while and we were not having luck as every place we called charged us ridiculous prices.

Found these guys online and gave them a call. They immediately answered and were helpful and let us know that they take our specialty equipment. Dropped them off around their building in drop off...

Great used store! The staff checked the power supply to see if it worked before they sold it to me.

I was also impressed by the friendliness and selection of used electronics.

They had a good selection of laptop ram, pc ram, hard drives, and used motherboards and GPUs.

There are also lots of other electronics that you could...