[wglb]

This used to be the case, but last few times I checked it out, not so much.

Check out octopart, sparkfun, adafruit, and so on. Much more fun these days.

[Nelson69]

It's just a different era. If you have 3 days, you buy that stuff online. If you're mid project and need something "today" Radioshack is often the best or only bet. It's like they have to have a huge inventory for the 10 people that care though.

Worse, they haven't found that niche to pay the bills.