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Originally Posted by Canadian
This is just my position on an LFS selling plumbing supplies:
I would NEVER pay LFS prices for plumbing fittings and supplies.
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Agreed if you are buying lots of plumbing ie. the initial plumbing set-up for a whole tank.
However typically I am looking for just one piece. The same piece that 200 other guys probably want for their reef tank, and that the hardware store has never heard of.
I have wasted enough gas and hours driving around trying to find parts.
As an example I found a John Guest fitting I wanted at OA. They aren't going to make any profit selling me one John Guest fitting, but by having a few containers full of these fittings they are doing their customers a huge service and thereby earning lots of goodwill.