Thanks for all the replies! I guess it really is just like anything else. If I'm willing to wait for it, the price might be better.

I really do know what it means to be on the local side of things. Before I moved to Chicago, I worked in a small music store in Pensacola, FL. We really had a great repair shop (well, they still do!) and we inspected every new instrument that came from the manufacturers whether it was special order or if it was store stock. Nothing killed us more than to see people come in with brand new trombones/clarinets/etc that they bought for a few hundred dollars less than we sold them for online and need work done on them because something happened in shipment or the factory was running a few units behind or whatever. I really value the knowledge of the local shop.