yeah my LHS is pretty bad too
they are mainly into nitro and airplains even though they carry electrics
they just never have what I'm looking for and are very expensive
My othe LHS is farther but they are great the service sumtimes is not very good but its mainly because they are very buisy all the time
I bought the Billit kit for my RC18T there for $160 canadian +tax (its like $150 US online)
There are also some other places around but I have yet too go to them but I hear great things about them

I wish i got free stuff and all the help you guys get from yours
Nick