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Ah yes the internet. It is a blessing and curse at the same time. The blessing is that pricing is competitive, the curse is the loss of personal one-on-one service. My kids are the real MMR of the family, I just manage the money end for now. But if it were not for our LHS, I think my kids would be done with the hobby. The two gentlemen that run the store have really saved us from ourselves. Interestingly, they actually told me to buy an item from the net since they could not come close to the price offered. A manufacture recently announced a price hike and they posted the letter so their customers would know what was going on. With that type of customer care, I do my best to support them whenever I can. That being said, if their attitude changed overnight, I doubt I support them for too much longer. Yet, they do talk about how difficult it is to run a hobby shop. They may be retiring soon and feel that the shop space is worth more than the shop. I hear the same complaints in the musical instrument biz. Still some LMS survive because of the people and not the prices.
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