+1. That's no joke.

But on the subject of the LBS, I had a similar problem, but in reverse, sort of. The shop I bought my Cannondale from was bought out and became a Performance store. They liquidated all the high end bikes and I think they even replced some of the staff, er, some of the staff left. About a year later the store closed. Performance claimed they were "consolidating" stores in the area.