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I agree, supporting local suppliers is always a good idea. I have two or three LHS, closest being about 1hr away, the furthest being about 1hr 30mins. Over the past year I've bought large items from one of them, but also from online suppliers. I'll generally try to buy locally if I can, but if they don't have the item I'll order online. I also tend to take into account cost - it costs me around £15 in fuel and parking charges to travel to my LHS (diesel is overpriced over here!), while typical shipping charges are around £4. Sad to say that, from an economic viewpoint, the LHS will always win. However, I'm one of those people who like to see what they're getting for the money, especially with expensive things like locos, etc, so I tend to go to my LHS for those and order the harder-to-find items online.
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