Funny, all the local lawnmower shops need 10 days to get the carb, but a guy on Ebay had it in ONE DAY and shipped it out to me. Terrific service...but why can't the shops match it?
The people on ebay are selling items they have on hand, the local shops have to order it.It IS asking a lot for a local shop to inventory hundreds if not thousands of carbs they may or may not sell,maintaining an inventory of carbs with the upfront cost and the tax on the inventory and storage costs would drive carb costs through the roof.
I have never had a decent deal on carbs on ebay, IE: used instead of new, not walbro while stated as such, size misrepresented etc. You have to figure any carb you get from junkbay needs a rebuild kit so spend accordingly.