Well, I recently payed close enough the double online price for a UN-55 italian thread BB at a lbs.
I think they had earned it after a lengthy discussion regarding which symmetric cartridge BB that would make a good replacement for the assymmetric cup & cone BB I wanted to replace.
But I try to be fairly up front. If I'm in "research mode" rather than "buy mode" I would expect to get some guidance from a lbs with no strings attached.
Last edited by dabac; 04-23-14 at 02:55 AM.