and I fix it we love and support small
business owners especially those in
repair so when I heard that a local
electronic parts store was closing for
good later this year I wanted to see why
and what kept their doors open for more
than three decades the answer to both my
questions was Bonnie Brownstein we're at
the electronic parts superstore right
electronic superstore is incorporated
doing business as electronic parts
supermarkt okay and what do you all do
here we sell electronic parts which
includes television cables computer
cable tools to help them take the iPhone
apart other things apart well repair
it's not as much suit yourself anymore
as it used to be they manufacture things
to use it and throw it away and get new
they want people to go out and buy new
that's why they come out with a new
iPhone and the Nano energy the updated
at 75 years of age bonnie is still very
energetic and personal one of the main
reasons her customers have been coming
back for 35 years bonnie has few
employees and does a lot of the business
herself one of her employees Tom met her
as a customer first 14 years ago
electronics was always something that I
was interested in I needed parts and
this was the place to come so I asked
her about working here part-time
originally since she already knew me she
said Dan when you want to start I said
well I started as soon as you want me to
start after getting to know Tom Bonnie
shows me around the store I was just
talking to a customer while you were
working with someone else who was so sad
that you were leaving she was fixing for
her nephew's tablet and and she said I
just can't go anywhere else where they
give me the information and in a part
for you know a great price yeah and with
a smile if that's fine
so what's it do what's your favorite
part about this job about owning this
company I'm working with people people
talking with people yeah I'm from a big
family
uh-huh and I've always been around
people the electronic parts supermart is
not at all in danger of going out of
but after 35 years bonnie has decided to
retire to see the East Coast in the fall
and enjoy the rest of her life she
stands tall above other business owners
deciding to close her doors on her own
terms and I fix it we're trying to fix
the world one thing at a time but we're
not the only ones all around the country
men and women pick up their screwdrivers
and wrenches and in their own way
they're making the world just a little
bit better every single day