ORIGINAL: Sessholvlaru
A few of us at our club have gone so far as to suggest that our LHS stocks up on Hobby King batteries, motors, esc's and such and start re-selling them. I would happily pay $25 for a $15 li-po to support the LHS and not wait for shipping. Our suggestions met with laughter, but the LHS is still claiming poverty.
We all know the LHS's are hurting with all the direct-from-China stuff...why not just ride the wave?
Because all any of the local business owners seem to do able to do is cry and complain. I had NO issues with our local hobby shop rebranding the HK batteries as thier own. I DID have issues with the fact they tried to jack the price 4X higher than what they cost at HK themselves. And when I presented the unwrapped pack to them (with Turnigy under thier own covering clear as day) holy god did I get the "CRY CRY CRY CRY" from the owner.