Originally Posted by CRUM
As a bike dealer, this is my advice. Go into the shop with your internet/catalog prices in hand. Give them a chance to match or at least come close to your "Ebay deal". That is all Iask of my customers. If I cannot match it I will tell them so. And I have learned to not let it get to me. The internet is here to stay. Giving the local LBS a shot is helping to ensure they do too.
Man oh Man, I wish you were in eastern Iowa