Ordering from the distributor is terrible. You may sometimes see Online Hobby shops out of a part for 2-3 weeks. What the heck is that? They order maybe $1000 worth of the same part number each order and the distributors can't get off their sorry bums and get that shipment out the next day. I don't care if the parts have to come from the moon, their is still no reason why distributors should let great businesses like Amain Hobbies lose sales. My advice to you is forget about loyalty to LHS. I was a fool once. I ordered my parts through my LHS/track owner and his prices were almost double that of the Online HS's. His RC experience was so phenomenal and I just wanted to get in good with him.