Shopping for tech stuff in So Cal is great because we get all the latest gear the minute it gets off the boat from Asia. Staples and Best Buy do not have the selection they once did as electronics sales shift more onto the Internet.  People on the East Coast pay more for the same stuff because it must be shipped across America first.  Sadly, Fry's Electronics (shown above) has gone out of business due to things like Amazon.com stealing their sales and the Coranovirus pandemic closing their stores. SAD. RIP you kooky retail electronics wonderland.  You might try the Best Buy at La Brea and Santa Monica instead.


For strictly online shopping I recommend NewEgg.com.  There are several other sites that are just as good but New Egg is in Whittier. That's in LA just 12 miles from downtown. They can deliver almost anything in a day or two even with the cheapest shipping.  Plus they get everything new and nifty the minute it comes off the boat from Asia. Long Beach is where all the Asian imports enter America. Why buy from an East Coast site that must ship electronics cross country just to get back to where it was originally imported? I have heard that their customer support is poor but I have never used it, so you might want to think twice about spending thousands of dollars there but for smaller purchases I would definitely reco it.