ORIGINAL: Grantothismo
Hey Frost,
I feel bad for you, for the fact that you feel you are not getting your monies worth from your LHS. I have started to buy more from mine, their prices are competative and they give GREAT advice. That in itself is worth the money.
I just don't want your experience with a LHS to scare other people from theirs.
You say it as if my experience is limited to one shop....
I obviously can't speak for everywhere, but I CAN speak for Richmond...
1.
SERIOUS lack of selection - Even popular vehicles.... NO RC10GT or LOSI parts is BS... 1 out of 5 trips I found an item I needed for the Savage, it wasn't the item I wanted, I just settled for what they had to get back running. Every item I want they need to "order". It will be here in 3-5 they say... Thanks alot but I can do it FASTER, CHEAPER, and I DON'T have to DRIVE anywhere....
2.
SERIOUS lack of knowledge - One of the shops in the mall... A lady wouldn't sell me some shoes for a BB 3-shoe cause she said they wouldn't fit, she was argumentative as hell (and wrong to boot, I bought them off the web) so I let her keep 'em.
3.
SERIOUS attitude - I work with engineers, some MSEEs, and sometimes their knowledge makes them arrogant. If they are consistently right, it's something you learn to live with. On the other hand, arrogance borne from ignorance is intolerable. They need to stop trying to impress people with their "knowledge" and go read up....
4.
SERIOUS high prices - An OS CVR that sells for $115 at Tower costs $189.99. This is a SPECIFIC example.... now you tell ME why i should pay that much for it? Another specific.... Tower sells a T-Maxx for $365 (not that I want one)... why on EARTH would anyone pay $479 for it? This is just the beginning.... I get sidewinder race for 6.99/qt off of Tower, the LHSs want $12.99/qt for CRAPPY Blue Thunder.
This isn't about ONE of the LHSs here, but rather the 3 (used to be 4) that have RC stuff that I know about.
I would
rather go to the LHSs but I can find NOT ONE VALID REASON to do so
