It might be different in the US, but in Canada they always had terrible stock. So if your thing didn't have a broken lamp or speaker, or a dead battery - you were SOL, as they didn't carry anything else.
There's so much different silicon now that it isn't really feasible to stock even a small portion of it in every mall anyway, so most anything you fix you'll have to order in parts for...
It would have been more reasonable when I was a kid (and they only stocked a whopping 3 transistors and zero fets then, too).
Though it requires active cables, which cost quite a bit more. So it might have a place for bleeding edge stuff, but not so much for economy.
FWIW, the Audi dealer still lists... must be at least 95% of the parts for my 80's audi, down to the nut. I don't think any american marque does that..
Of course they charge you for it, but they do carry it.
This is not Canada bending over for Amerika, It's Harper saying "Screw you" you're not going to threaten Canadians.
Bullshit. Harper lives to bend over for Americans. He'll do it without them even asking.
I'm not british and like jaffa cakes. orange and chocolate is an awesome combination.
"And remember: Evil will always prevail, because Good is dumb." -- Spaceballs