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I support our LHS in theory but not in practice. Mostly full list price all the time, and as mentioned already, here in Canada list price is not the same as in the U.S. I used to figure the Walthers catalog price plus about 70% would be what we pay. For small items like paint and scratchbuilding supplies this is not too bad. Never any club discounts or sales (other than discards that no one wants). But for major purchases such as recent higher priced engines, not one of mine has been purchased locally. And in thinking about similar engines that all of my hobby friends have, they too have been bought elsewhere. So there are thousands of hobby dollars spent elsewhere because of the extreme high prices at our LHS. The LHS hasn't really lost the sales, as we would not have paid his prices. It's mostly buy somewhere else with cheaper prices or not at all. Support for a LHS only goes so far, just like my money! And I'm not talking just about prices in the U.S., as we have been able to get better prices from some Canadian suppliers. Some time ago I was pricing a new airbrush online, and found a Canadian retail dealer who had it for around $118.00. I happened to mention my interest to the operator of the LHS, and he showed me the same airbru***hat he had in stock (I did not know he had one). His price? $160.00. I mentioned the online price I had found, and he looked up his wholesale price - it was around $89.00. So his retail price was almost double his cost. Thanks but no thanks! Bob Boudreau
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