Bryan Pope wrote:
  You will probably find the best selection of
components at Radio
 Shacks in strip malls.
 
But never strippers in strip malls!
Other than patching a odd cable together ( audio or serial ) and few 10
cent parts
I needed  ( diodes, odd led , cap ) I have not bought any thing large
 from RS.
 Cheers,
 Bryan
 
Ben.