On 07 Jan 2013 12:06:47 +0000 (GMT), Theo Markettos
wrote:

Tandy were rather too keen on selling a single diode in an A6 blisterpack
and asking a quid for it.

Yep; when a Tandy opened in my LocalTown I was quite pleased, for at
least there was somewhere I could get components over the counter, but
I really had to be desperate to spend the money they wanted. I usually
waited until I was going to the LargerCity with its several proper
component stockists.