I really miss the weekly/month maker market that used to happen in the parking lot of the Palo Alto store. But this was a long time coming, last time I went to Fry's they had huge pallets of cosmetics and cheap junk in the middle of the store.

Are there even any good stores left in the bay area for small electronics? Best Buy usually only stocks popular items and even then a lot of the smaller items are vastly overpriced. ($20-40 for basic cables really?)