Support your local radio store!
There are not very many amateur radio stores anymore, maybe 30 nationwide. There used to be a "Radio Row" of stores in every major city and good individual stores in many smaller places.
If you are lucky enough to leave near one of the survivors, I urge you to spend your money there. Can you save money buying over the Internet? Sure, but what will you do when there is no longer a place where you can easily examine and purchase accessories, right now, on a Saturday morning? A place where you can touch and feel the newest radios and get advice from friends who sell them? Who is going to be on your side when your radio needs repair? And who has the best coax and antenna selection--stuff I can see up-close before I pull out the ATM card?
I have been a ham for 25 years and involved in shortwave radio for nearly a decade before that. I have seen radio stores come---check that, I have only seen radio stores go. And when the ones that exist today go, there won't be any more to replace them.
While I am a big believer in ordering over the Internet when it's convenient, I gladly pay the few extra dollars it costs me to keep Ham Radio Outlet open in the Bay Area. I also don't routinely ask them to match Internet prices because a storefront costs a lot of money to keep open. And, as I've said, I like having a radio store to go to when I need something.
Please support your local radio store.
(OK, so why do I sell books on this site that are available at my local Ham Radio Outlet? Well, not all of them are, but mostly because people who've just earned their first license via HamCram-ing, aren't likely to drive 50 miles for a $15 book. But, if I can sell them a book online I think it dramatically increases the chance they will eventually make the drive--and purchase a radio. But, I'd be happier if the books were purchased at the store).