Originally Posted by
6door74
Recently purchased tires for my bikes. Stopped in a LBS just to see what they had. They didn't have the color I wanted but they did have my 2nd choice. However, they were priced $15 higher than a vendor on eBay.
It's hard to spend $30 more just to support the LBS. Maybe I should have asked if they'd price match? The eBay vendor appeared to be a bike store as well, just in another state.
ebay doesn’t provide knowledgeable staff or have to pay mortgage, lights, etc. I just received a half hour of free service on a front mech that I couldn’t get right and offered to pay but they refused, so I bought a Park tool so they would get something for me being there. Let’s see ebay do that.