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I order most my parts on line and have them in about 3 days. We only have a small part time hobby shop here now and the next closes one is about 50 miles away and they do not have much. Getting parts is no big problem! Most hobby shops are not going to stock at least 1 out of 3 parts you need. Now most hobby shops stock a lot of Traxxas and I will let you figure out why!
Yeah, Traxxas parts are in high demand, for obvious reasons. I actually stopped buying the screws and stuff from the hobby shop. I can get all the right screws, nuts and bolts from the hardware store for no more than $.06 each. I laughed when the LHS had a pack of 5 3x15mm screws for $4.
I find that I just order from Towerhobbies the majority of the time, anyway. If I'm broken down for the weekend, oh well, there are other things I can do.