My hobby shop story!
First of all, I love my LHS...
Everybody is so nice there, although they focus more on airplanes/helis, they do have parts for cars.
Everytime I ask them "Do I need this or that"... usually their answers are no. I was there last week looking at Savage shocks because I want to upgrade my plastic ones to aluminum. They told me I don't need it, bashing is fine with those. They never sell me something that I don't need. They didn't recommend brushless to me either, they told me they're really expensive.
I get at least 10-15% on all the items in the store..
Yesterday, I went there again looking for a Savage part because the screw head came off leaving the screw in the part..it was impossible to take the screw out. They didn't have the part but I told them I need the part tonight. Then they took the part and drilled the old screw out. Took about 15 minutes. At the end, I gave them $5, he didn't accept the money and gave me 3 new screws to take home. That was nice.
I really appreciate what they do for all the hobby people!
by the way, it's at Hwy 7 & Woodbine, Advance RC & Hobby.