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March 2024 by Alyssa W.
Murphy's is and outstanding place to go if you're looking for an Electronics salvage place to pick up whatever you might need. My girlfriend and I went there and we were looking for one specific item which we thought it would be rather unlikely to find and what do you think happened? We found it! She also picked up an oscilloscope and I was looking for a signal generator and also found a few items I needed for a sweet little tweak on my most powerful McIntosh audio amp. I was looking through everything and stayed until they were closing. I almost bought a medical encyclopedia to help with random post-apocalyptic surgeries but decided not to after all. They also had a wonderful carbon Arc spotlight that I would have loved to pick up but didn't. The guys there are super friendly and helpful and what you will find is from ceiling to floor and a very large Warehouse, the largest electronics Warehouse I have ever had the pleasure of visiting.
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August 2023 by Jason Kirk
This place is great. All kinds of old stuff that you can’t find anywhere else.
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June 2023 by Jen CArter
Awesome place to find the not so easy to find electronic components to fix things
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June 2023 by HoboCookie01
Only place like this in entire San Diego area. Incredible selection. Don’t usually write reviews but this place deserves it.
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February 2023 by Sean Anonymouse
This is my new favorite place to shop for anything. San Diego and new used and refurbished electronics mostly. The guy who runs the Thor is knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful.Knows the value of an inventory but he doesn't overcharge his customers. If you're looking for something in particular logic board for a cord, charger, keyboard, mouse, etc you can get it for pennies on the dollar. If you're looking for something a little more specific you can find electronic components we're just about any project.I literally spent 3 hours in there today and I only left because he had a lock the doors.
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January 2023 by big boy
This place is fantastic. Eye candy to a ham/electronic hobbyist like myself. They have hardware, bolts, nuts, screws and other related hardware. Electronics, resistors relays, tubes, switches,.plugs motors,fans and just stuff. Some of it new some used. Every time I've been there I find something new(to me). Radios, meters, test equipment... I could go on. The photos don't do it justice. Every shelf is just packed. Every time come home with something. Not every time I find what I'm looking for but I'd see something for another project I need. There inventory always changes so plan on spending a little time looking through all the shelves.
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January 2023 by Sean
Pretty cool resistors
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December 2022 by Thomas Chambers
If your looking for hard to find electronics and surplus this is the place. This is one of my top rated businesses in El Cajon.
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October 2022 by michael camelio
I'm trying to find the words to adequately convey what I felt when I walked into this store . Not the kid In a toy store analogy. More like an autistic kid with OCD ,stumbled into a hidden door in his own neighborhood to find a magical electronic enginierner salvage yard. Okay ,sorry , I sound like a Crack head.Let me explain ....I've lived right down the street from this place for the last 10 years , never been inside , my old lady's been telling me for the last ten years I've gotta check it out. Never did . don't know why. But . I realy wish I had. I could verry literally spend all day in there. My brain kind of melts and goes on overload as I walk down the aisle. Last two years I've undertaken a task to build something that should have changed humanity in 1938, but was hidden , destroyed ,and discredited. I'm a week away from completion, and I find this store that could have made everything so much easier. A book by Barry lynes . The Cancer Cure That Worked: 50 Years of Suppressionthe most incredible thing you'll ever read. It's all true. I Was hoping the guys in the store would know who this guy was since he was from san diego and all, and be impressed with my build, but.. Alan is super cool and extreamly reasonable for prices.
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October 2022 by Ryan's Random Shop
Love this place, you can find the best and obscure stuff
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October 2022 by Amber Gavello
Art lovers, junk lovers, DIY-ers, etc.... Murphy's has a lot of neat trinkets from industrial, electronic, Military, to random surplus items. You can have fun and get lost in here for awhile browsing what they get in or fully supply! Lots of long time customers and new. If they don't have what you're looking for or can't answer your question they kindly help you in the direction of someone or somewhere else that has what you need.
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September 2022 by Lee C.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if radioshack and the hardware section at home depot had a child? They would give birth to this place. They had exactly what I needed (indicator lights) as well as just about everything else electronic related. I paid a quarter of the price that autozone or orielly's would have charged. The only downside to this place is the vast amount of items that simply cannot be resisted if you need something electronic related or just some nuts and bolts. Toggle switched, light bulbs, springs, nuts, bolts, doo dads and knick knacks, they have a huge selection here and for a great price as well. As I left I realized what a nightmare this place really is, now that I know about it I will surely be making up excuses about having to go there and will most likely spend my hard earned money to hoard the stuff they sell at my now jam packed full of junk house.
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September 2022 by Mark Larm
This is a DYI person’s heaven. Ask them anything and you’ll get a great answer.
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August 2022 by Kelli Page
This is a super cool place! Lots of old electronics stuff. I really enjoyed looking around and I hope they are around for a long time.
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August 2022 by Lee Wazzi
I was looking for fuse holder for my meat slicer and I want to three big electrical stores they didn’t have it somebody told me about Murphy’s I went there and they have everything you name it I found the exact one and very cheap like $1.50 each I was so happy made my day
