GoForSmoke:
These guys ship free and I always get my stuff in 20 to 30 days.
Thanks! I found some at Zeph.com, but after a couple of weeks, no answer to emails, and a couple phone calls where someone picked up, then hung up, I contacted my CC company to reverse the charges. That finally got someone's attention and they shipped the product. At this point, I don't trust them enough to try again.
TomGeorge:
A good component base because they supply the local educational facilities in the state.
An educational system that teaches useful engineering skills? Nice! I'm kinda hoping the Maker movement actually persuades individual schools to take this stuff seriously. Electronics as a marketable industry could be a fad, but looks solid for a few years at least. 