It is the end of an era for sure but this is not surprising. They have been a glorified cell phone store for awhile now.
I did buy my batteries at RS. I could never understand how they could be so inexpensive. I did buy some DeOxit from RS last year. As I was doing that the counter clerk was setting up a cell phone plan for a customer.
“I did buy some DeOxit from RS last year.”
I love that stuff and use it on every electrical connector I touch now. Especially on a weak connections. I don’t ever have to mess with them again once I use the cleaner. RS did make me mad when they stopped selling the small spray bottle combo kit with Power Booster and Pro Gold. Now I can only find it in the big expensive can.
When our big RS closed years ago I got tons of Power Booster and Pro Gold pens for next to nothing but still miss the small cans.