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Re:Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says by seanp2k2 on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @07:27PM (#8994550)
If you're in the Bay Area, halted.com has a store in Santa Clara that totally blew my mind. Dozens of aisles of electronics components, including racks of reels of surface-mount stuff. They also have stuff like used oscilloscopes, industrial robotics controllers, etc.
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Re:Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says by CamperBob2 on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @07:31PM (#8994573)
If you're in the Bay Area, you never needed Radio Shack to begin with. Their market is (was) the rest of us, here in flyover territory.
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Re:Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says by VonGuard on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @09:47PM (#8995047)
Yeah, not everyone has access to Fry's or Weird Stuff, sadly.
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Re:Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says by wl on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @01:09AM (#8995566)
And even Frys has been getting worse and worse. Fortunately, Jameco is still local, even if it is a bit of a drive.
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Re:Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says by sschueller on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @12:47AM (#8995516)
In Massachusetts there is: http://www.youdoitelectronics.com/
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Re:Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says by ihnorton on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @10:05AM (#8997133)
Microcenter in Cambridge has expanded their space for DIY recently, and is decent now for hobby-level stuff. They have a very large selection of various kits, RPi and Arduino shields, sensors, and some tools.

They don't have very much single-component selection -- although, to be honest, YDI Electronics selection is kind of limited too (understandably because, well, internet).

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Re:Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says by kenrikm on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @12:13AM (#8995420)
Try HSC Electronic Supply.. down in San Jose That'll really blow your mind.

Edit: I just clicked the link and realized that is the same place lol, yeah it is awesome.

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Re:Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says by linker3000 on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @10:55AM (#8997520)
I live in the UK but my company's head office is in San Jose and I should be visiting in the near future so I'll have to pop in!
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Re:Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says by larrys on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @08:35PM (#8994820)
I have no need for any of that yet I could walk around a store like that for hours and hours.
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