Lame. In my area, our only tech store is Best Buy, and I avoid it like the plague because it's overpriced and they don't even carry good stuff. There have been

Lame. In my area, our only tech store is Best Buy, and I avoid it like the plague because it's overpriced and they don't even carry good stuff. There have been a lot of times where I need something quick (ideally same day), but I end up suffering through the waiting period for Newegg if at all possible. For example, my wireless router started going out (one radio died completely), so I decided I should invest in higher quality equipment, but BestBuy only has the same consumer crap I'd see at Costco or Target, though maybe a couple more options. I also needed to replace drives and they only had desktop parts. Or I needed to get RAM and they have no ECC or even just high quality non-ECC RAM. Or I need some thermal paste, or a new desktop case. I could find most, if not all, of that stuff at Fry's when I lived near one, but now I either waste money on a temporary solution at BestBuy or rig up a temporary solution at home until better equipment gets shipped to me. Also, the eco conscious side of me hates making a delivery truck make a special stop at my house just to deliver a couple items, not to mention the extra packaging and whatnot sending a package entails. That being said, even when I lived near Fry's, I shopped mostly online because it was more convenient, so I guess I'm at least partially to blame here. Lately, I'm trying to buy more from local sources so they hopefully stick around, and I buy extras of important things so I'm not dead in the water anymore.