I may be left-leaning in my politics, but I'm hard-line to the right when it's my wallet.
Have to agree but My LBS is still in business because they realise that they have to match prices wherever they can. The bike shop in the town where I live closed down and I can remember the owner moaning about all the "Keen" cyclists in the area not using him..First of all he did not cater for them by stocking the parts they wanted--And he would never discount. When I got my OCR he moaned at me for not using him and my reply was that I can get a bike anywhere so went for a good price. I paid £400 for a £450 bike and got a few extras aswell. He still moaned at me for not using him even though he would not give me a discount on ANY bike. The next year I spent over £5,000 with my LBS--just because they always gave me a "little" discount