The much-beloved American Science And Surpus has closed it’s door, at least online, & maybe altogether.
Can you Dopers suggest another, similar alternative?
Well, dang.
This might explain why my last order came so poorly packed. I wrote them off as a place to order from and I had used them a lot in the past.
I haven’t used them yet, but heard that https://www.ax-man.com/ is very similar. I was just looking through their selection, it seems like a lot less variety.
ETA: I had to fix your title, hopefully that was an accident, if it was on purpose, please don’t do that again.
I live in the area and was formerly a fan. They made some decisions that seemed really dumb at the time and makes me wonder if this closure wasn’t the plan all along. I miss the old stores but they really sucked lately.
Went there a lot as a kid when they used to be on Layton Ave.
Since moving out of the area I only got to their new location about once a year but it seemed they just always had the same stuff but never anything new.
Accidental.
From the website:
I live in TN.
No websites. 
Aww. Man.
I’ve ordered lots of stuff from that silly catalog.
We celebrate both Xmas and Chanukah and they were great for 6 of 8 little presents for the kids.
Geodes were an annual gift for years, and lots of little things.
I also bought containers and all kinds of other things.
That makes more sense. I remember reading an article about them closing quite a while back but forgot about it, probably because the one in my area didn’t close. I’m glad it’s still around, it’s the closest thing to a (brick and mortar) Radio Shack you’re going to find.
I always enjoyed the product descriptions in the catalogs or emails. Very clever wordplay. I can’t easily give an example, since I didn’t save any of the catalogs. Now I wish I had.
Too bad. Lots of great stuff and junk. Fun catalog
They had creative catalogs, fine for gift-browsing. But the only thing of the few things I’ve bought from them that I continually use is a little manual postal scale/balance. Sometimes I have a letter with stuff in it, and it’s come in handy to figure the weight. I keep it on my table in a little box.
I picked up large lots of cheap multi-tools, for office Xmas presents. With discounts, it came to $5-$6 each.