I think we've all experienced that feeling, however with the shrinking existence of the local hobby shop and the ever present big box i.e. Michaels, Hobby Lobby type stores whose inventory rarely changes, this feeling of euphoria is long gone.
Now we depend on the hobby media with little or no investigative reporting or the never ending "insider" info from our "If I tell you, but I'll have to kill you" or the more prevalent, " I know, but I can't (wont) tell you" friends.