Originally posted by Darkman
"If you know that you will buy an $800 item from your LHS but can get it somewhere else for $500, then clap your hands!?!?"
................................ i dont hear you clapping? 
Its the sound of one hand clapping...
Hey Mitch179, which LHS do you go to?
I thought BrisVegas had a pretty good share of decent shops... was up there last year and specifically visited quite a few of them (that's my idea of sightseeing!!), some pretty large ones up there too. Why not try a different one?