Hi,

I live in Canada, and I have ordered all my RC stuff from the equivalent of Tower hobbies here in Canada called Great Hobbies. Great service, and all big ticket and common items (planes, transmitters etc) are priced in line with everyone else. For an order above 100$, shipping is free.
Never had an issue, plus they have 5 stores or so across the country, one relatively close to home. They have great phone support for orders and have a tech support line that you can call. They genuinely make an effort to help and they have my business because of this.
(I am not associated with them in any way, just a customer).

I get the debate of LHS vs hobby king or the like. You get what you pay for at HK according to what I read on forums. I may try to order stuff from HK at one point and see, keeping in mind what the posts in this thread have revealed.
My uncle bought most of his stuff at HK, he is generally satisfied, he commented once on the quality of instructions and the occasional issue, but nothing too major so far.

I prefer quality as long as the price is reasonable, and I want to encourage local businesses as long as they try their best to be competitive.

My 2 cents!