After almost 22 years of operation, which saw great expansion through the 2000s and 2010s, NCIX has completed the closure of all their retail stores and filed for bankruptcy.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/NCIX-files-for-bankruptcy-all-retail-stores-now-closed.267360.0.html
Oh, no! They've been my go-to place for parts for years!
arrrgh
If you want to hear some speculation around how this came about, Linus Sebastian, who used to work for NCIX, discusses it in the WAN show episode from the end of last week.