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 The cost of a layout is not at all locos and rolling stock, nor the lumber, plywood and foam board. It is the ground cover, the trees, the wiring, the odd length of track, the little odds and ends we need. Of course, the LHS will be able to offer discounts, but at the expense of the inventory for those little items. How many times have you driven to your LHS, only to find out, that it did not have the material you needed? Keeping slow moving inventory can only be financed, if you earn good money with high value and high margin items. A shop offering high discounts will not be able to stock the sheet of styrene you need to complete your scratch building project, the decals you need to number your cars.Internet shops are usually not interested in that "detail" business - unless you are willing to pay high handling and shipping charges. Ever ordered a $ 5 part and paid an additional 5 bucks to get it? For me, there is no alternative to the friendly neighborhood  LHS to keep our hobby alive.
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