I drive over 30 miles past my LHS and a couple others to get to Temecula Valley Hobbies. The nearby chain stores seem to only know/care about cars. They look at me funny when I ask a question and I feel like I am bothering the adolescent employees when I need to get into 'the case'.

I have lots of questions and the guys at TVH are never too busy to answer them. I like buying from fellow flyers, not clueless kids. I do go local for smaller things and stuff I need no information about, but TVH is where I go for help and good products.