Freaky place 
The Fry family sold their grocery business to Kroger in the late 1970s. One of the family sons wanted to experiment with marketing electronics as if they were groceries.
Kind of crazy that the only retailer hit by DT’s attempt to level the playing field was Fry Electrics. They gave me that same speel back in 2018 when I questioned a Fry employee on why the store stock was not being replaced. Interesting that Best Buy never ran out of flat screen TV’s, Dell never ran out of computer components, Apple Stores never ran out of IPads. I did not believe their story then and it is not the truth today. What Fry did was sell off inventory over time without replacing it to avoid losses associated to Going Out of Business sales. That lie probably also helped to keep employees from jumping ship.
there was none to speak of when I visited a few months ago on certain products. All the stuff was sent back to the distributors when the China tarrifs went into effect. too bad they didnt have a 50% off sale like the Walmart that closed, got a group 24 car battery for $24!
same with "Radio Shack" in my area. people don't go there to buy things, and no one repairs electronics etc.etc. Lst time I was in it was to purchase a light bulb for a Marshall tube amp. the guy was like"why do you need a light ,flip the switch if you have sound,it's on..." Ok there fella...
There is a toy and hobby store here in Indy called Hobby Lobby, lots of RC cars, air planes, model cars and other stuff. They have a section of one row in the store labeled as The Radio Shack Aisle. There they have a selection of resistors, capacitors, switches, dials, solder, flux,,, probably less expensive buying options on the internet, but it is handy to have a local source.
