Originally Posted by
FunkyStickman
You have to make that call yourself. How much markup is acceptable? And if the employees are very friendly, maybe you could explain to them that you don't have mounds of cash laying around to buy parts with, and you'd be more than happy for them to install something that you bought online.
Truth be told if I'm buying stuff much cheaper online I might as well use the savings to buy the tools to install them myself as well and leave the LBS for the stuff I can't do myself.