Sounds like some folks did amazingly well... i thought i had struck gold at the RadioShack near me. Here's 3 receipts chronicling my 3 trips there, first trip on the left, last trip on the right. Most of the stuff i bought is in the pic. Black Hole lower playfield for scale

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I couldn't believe it, 90% off them, too! Actually bought 5 for $4 each, and gave one to my brother to tinker with. Got a ton of EL wire, 4 of each motor they carried, a dozen or so 12 and 110v relays, some basic soldering stuff to give my buddy for his birthday (to go with the pinball machine we gave him last year)... It goes on and on. Not sure what I'm gonna do with it all, but I'm sure it'll be interesting...

Oh, and my favorite grab so far:

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Haha, yeah i went a little overboard since it was like $1.50-2 a roll! 12 inverters or so, too. The first trip there they were doing the buy-2-get-2 on the parts drawer stuff, which was also 70% off! I got a bunch of caps, fuses, transistors, etc. Each time i go, the deal is different. On my last trip, it was 90% off most electronics, unless marked differently. I've nearly run out of stuff to stock up on, though I'm very interested now in buying the drawers themselves if possible! I'm gonna inquire on them this week.