OT: Where have electronics hobby stores gone?

[Tothwolf]

On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, David Griffith wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Chuck Guzis wrote:

>> When ICs were very dear, PP wasn't such a bad deal, even if they
>> offered mostly floor sweepings.  I was surprised at how many ICs in
>> one of their assortments didn't even have plating on the pins.
>>
>> But I last bought from PP when RTL and DTL were all the rage.
>
> Does anyone remember the Radio Shack Surprise Packages?

My favorite were the 18"x18"x12" brown boxes several of the store managers 
would fill up with discontinued/overstock/open packages of components that 
they would save for me and sell to me for $5-$10 :)

-Toth