Originally Posted by
rubiksoval
I haven't done this because I just buy online, but I wonder how a shop would react to asking them to just buy from the online vendor and you pay them that cost (plus a little markup) and the cost of installation.
They really have no excuse for the "my pricing is higher" unless they're for some reason barred from purchasing where every other consumer could purchase.
They may buy most of their parts through a distributor that would look at this as traitorous. Indeed, they may even be under contract to use a particular distributor, and this might be a direct violation of their agreement.