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Great idea for some products, infeasible for others. I recently needed a Firewire cable, on a day's notice, and after much searching I concluded there's no longer any store in Seattle which sells computer components in person, especially outside of normal business hours.

The closest I found was Fry's (Renton, 30min away), and they're doing their darndest to go out of business. A Firewire cable in one of the few items they have on their shelves. It's not name-brand, and if it didn't work, I'd be SOL.



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