The same thing happened to me. I had just been dealing with my LBS for about 1 -2 months. I walked in one day and was talking to the owner about how a friend of mine wanted to build a SS from all his extra parts, but didn't have a frame. The owner asks me how tall my friend was and the next thing I know the owner walks to the back of the shop and returns with a marin hardtail frame and gives it to me!! That totally blew me away! Especially considering the frame was for a friend who didn't spend a dime at his shop.