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Well, they did have 4-40 brass screw I needed when one of those I unscrewed from a coil in this radio did not go back - did not catch the thread, so I needed one a bit longer. Granted they had a slotted screw not a hex head, but I did not care.
No it does not happen to me every time.

But then again, Lowes, same as HD is a Home Improvement store. Not a general hardware store, not a hobbyist store - home improvement, so I cannot blame them for not catering to my every whim.

I am not, for example, expecting my Shoprite to carry black truffles or black caviar, or many of those great salamis that one can find in an ethnic deli store. When I need those I will go to that ethnic deli.
Etc etc.