Second thumbs up for Micro Center. I like that they have a combination of consumer-level electronics, mid-level stuff like Raspberry Pis, and low-level stuff like resistors and whatnot.

It's a bit of a pain for me to get to MicroCenter (about an hour one the train), but it has always been useful for me when I'm in a pinch.

When I visit my parents in Orlando, there's a smaller place called "Skycraft" which has a lot of low-level components, but I haven't been able to find an analog to it in NY just yet. Do you know of any?

Since I first saw the on-going demise of my local Fry's, I've been attempting to buy any computer parts from my local Microcenter, even if it is a little more expensive.

I don't want them to go out of business too!

Perhaps ironically, Microcenter's Santa Clara store endured a death spiral a decade(?) ago that looked similar to what Fry's is suffering now.

I want to love microcenter, it is the type of store that should be my favorite place to be.

Unfortunately, I haven't had a single good experience. Many issues were smaller things, but the single most upsetting was the time I found what I wanted (after being ignore by sales reps for awhile) only to be swarmed by reps trying to put their stickers on the box to get a commission while I walked to check out.

And then people wonder why my first instinct to buy anything is to go online and have it shipped to me.

Microcenter does the job here. I do miss heading to frys and just browsing around though :(.