best buy has also greatly improved their selection in inventory. about 10 years ago when i was building a pc the best buy store by me in NJ would only have a couple options for RAM, hard drive, gpu, and they would generally be no-name or low end brands marked up.

fast forward to this year and when one of my ram modules died, i was able to get the specific model i needed next day pickup in store, and their return policy is excellent. they also have basically been the exclusive seller of nvidia 3070/3080/3090's in the US. really impressed by their turnaround