Not that I think RS is wonderful, but the present-day choice seems to be
Radio Shack or nothing for "right now" purchases.

Unless you have a real electronic wholesaler in town that will deal with
small orders, or are willing to wait a few days for DigiKey, Mouser, etc.


In article ,
"Chuck / KE4ETH" wrote:

My local Radio Shack is run by a fellow that stocks parts. Not the RS
brand,
but Ohmite and others. We have a college in that town and an electrical
engineering department, so I guess that one doesn't count. A company
store,
45 miles away, has an upright cabinet with drawer with resistors, ICs,
Caps
and other parts. Not a good selection, but some. Another store 35 miles
away
has the same kinda drawers with the same kinda items.

The seem to want to sell (and promise the moon) on appliance items.

And it's easy to see why they would rather sell $99.95 JunkSonic items
rather than $1.49 capacitors.