Yes, but others like ALL Electronics and MECI are quite inexpensive...
except that they aren't configured to sell to hams exclusively.

I think part of the answer might be to look at the offshoring problem
in reverse... Our manufacturing has been offshored for 20 years or
more, backoffice has been offshored for 10 years or more, and software
has been offshored for about 5 years....

So, other countries are creating discretes and subassemblies to place
into entertainment, consumer, gaming, and white goods... with only a
nod give to RF. Fortunately, many discretes being sold for above
purposes could be used for ham purposes with some ingenuity, we do it
all the time!

What I think we need to do is buy cheap components from offshore and
sell at slight markup, that implies finding sources direct from India,
China, Korea, etc. Japan is more a consumer than a manufacturer.

Maybe instead of a store we need to start a buying club?

The Eternal Squire