I have a place ~30-35 minute away called YouDoIt Electronic that carries a lot of stuff. And yet they never quite seem to have what I want. I bought one of the panavises there recently, was like $25, the different cutters & stuff are $5 each, spool of solder is not cheap either. It adds up quick. That's why I was saying $100 for that collection seemed pretty reasonable.
I thought I had lost my little wirewrap tool (you may have seen it at the top of my remote control picture), wanted another - they only had 24 guage, not 30. Luckily I was able to find it. I wanted some common anode 7-segment displays - they only had common cathode. They did have a bag of unmarked LED displays for $20, all kinds of stuff. I found datasheets for many, others I had to buzz out with +5v and a resister to ground. Have been using them here & there.
Same with RadioShack - have to hit 4 stores to get a total of 5 of anything. No one store carries any decent qty of anything.