that's more a product selection process. If I'm looking for AI lights and my fish store only sells Radions, I'm going to order wherever I can get the best deal on what I want to buy. Same for coral. If they get crap in, I'm not going to buy it just because it's local :)

True it is I guess for me I shop where's there's coral selection, lately I can't shop local and its one size fits all, it sucks to go to the fishstore and see a awesome acan colony but can't fit it or afford it....the last two times I asked someone to frag something o was pretty much told goodlyck lol

Now with said I wont buy glue online to save $3, and I would def buy everything local if the selection was there. I frequent most of the stores a couple tomes a week:)