Discovering Retro Treasures at RE-PC in Seattle Washington!

Recently I visited the Seattle area and visited two RE-PC stores full of all sorts of cool vintage gear, let's check out what I picked up!

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Chapters
00:00 Opening
00:33 Store 1 - Seattle, WA
06:46 Store 2 - Tukwila, WA
11:02 What I took home!
22:58 Rare Apple Display
23:49 Closing

[MetalJesusRocks]

I love RE-PC so much! Glad you got a chance to check it out. 👍

[TimMonk]

RE-PC is the biggest thing I miss about that region.... I used to hit up the Tukwila location a few times a month.

[handand]

I used to work at the Tukwila location in the back of the warehouse. I would sort through everything that came in the door. Got my hands on a lot of cool tech from the past. Lots of cool stuff there. My favorite thing was the IBM model M keyboard.

[valuedcustomer]

I remember when they first opened in the 1990's they had huge bins of 80's computer parts, like hundreds of original IBM PC and AT boards. It was paradise for a PC builder. I still have a few of the ancient components I picked up back then, some in their original boxes. Alas, several days ago I searched for 4GB DDR2 DIMMs at both locations with no luck. It's hit or miss but sometimes you can score a treasure.

[Nick_Ryder]

When I was a broke kid in late 80's the place to scrounge for PC parts was Boeing surplus in Kent, WA. Computer parts were dirt cheap as they upgraded systems in their offices. It was a great way to learn how to build a working system and troubleshoot. When RE-PC opened in the 90's it was quite a step up, and that was the place to go if I needed something specific. But at Boeing surplus you never knew what else you'd find in there, it went way beyond computers. It closed in 2007 and was a real loss to the community in my opinion.

[ubist]

Glad to see somebody made a video about RePC! I've been a huge fan of the place for a couple decades and have bought tons of things there. The mini-museums are awesome, and the bins at the back are always fun to browse through. Their staff is really knowledgeable and they organize everything really well. Actually that reminds me, I need to make a trip to the 6th Ave place for a 5-14" floppy drive, so I can go through my boxes of old floppies and see how many are still readable!

[NathanAllworth]

Warshington! Welcome to the Pacific Northwest.

[sternkrieger]

RE-PC was nice back a few years ago when I used to visit frequently. I scored like 10 of those 100MB internal SCSI zip drives for $5 each. They had up to 75% off sales with colored tags and it was literally impossible to not find killer deals. I bought rare PS2 and Gamecube games for $1 each.

Nowadays, unless you are specifically looking for cables, everything is priced at or above eBay prices with no ability to return anything. Pay $400 for that vintage PC, take it home, find out it's broken and you're SOL. I find way better deals at Seattle Goodwill and they have a great return policy on everything you buy.

I appreciate them for recycling junk, but gee, they have to know that everything they get is free from recyclers and it's not cool to charge so much + disallow any kind of returns!

[modularmagick]

Love browsing the parts bins at RePC. Vetco in Redmond also has a small but interesting selection of used parts and test equipment.

[xenocide]

oh cool you came up to seattle! RE-PC has some pretty cool stuff yea. glad you could visit!

[MarkHancheroff]

I shop there all the time. awesome place

[BigCar]

That's just down the road from me, and I never knew it existed. Thanks!

[masterkitty]

Yo! REPC! I go there every few weeks! A wonderful store.

[-SundayWolf]

Wow, it got filmed in late Feb or early March. I go there all the time, and I can notice changes in inventory - that is how I can tell the timing of filming.

[terencegray]

I wish there were stores like this in Melbourne, Australia. There were a few recycle centers like this in Tasmania where I found a working stereo Akai VCR for 40 AUD (~25 USD) and an old USB Logitech ball mouse for $3! Nice video

[Dwarg]

I’m from the Chicago area currently visiting my mom in the PNW, thank you for reminding me that this store is up here. I am now headed to Tuckwilla!

[anotheruser]

The Seattle branch looks like they added that back wall partitioning the area. Both locations have downsized about 10 years ago.

[SwervingLemon]

Travan tape drives! I was blown away when we tested those and found their reliability to be exactly on par with every other tape backup system (more than 1/3 of tape backups cannot be restored).
As a backup system, they were more of a 'busy work to make you feel good' than an actual safety net, like roping yourself to save you from falling off the roof... and then tying the other end to your dog.

[threethousandyen]

Don’t sweat the monitor. The spring that adjusts the height is tensioned on a plastic tab. It likely would shatter in shipping and you wouldn’t be able to adjust the height. Ask me how I know 😂

[KevinSills]

Every town needs a store like this be giddy in a store like be salivating all over everything! LOL :)