ORIGINAL: piper_chuck
I think MOST, but not all, of the people at a LHS have a sincere desire to do the right thing for a beginner. The smart ones also realize that a happy and sucessful beginner represents a huge potential for repeat business. An unhappy and failed beginner represents an initial sale, and potential sales of some repair parts, but not a long term customer. If your LHS has been there for a while and has a good focus on R/C flying, you're probably in good hands.
Piper,
That is what i thought he seemed genuine, asked me questions on what i was interested in doing, he showed me a few options and didnt try to sell em the most expensive bit of equpiment every time. So i am pretty confident i did alright, i am less confident in my putting together of the plane tho i can be a pretty big [&:] at times
Cheers Phil.