to be honest, I expect to pay a little extra when I go to a LFS compared to online prices or petco/petsmart. What kills me the most is going into some of these shops and seeing lots of dead fish in their tanks. I drove like 45m to a LFS because I herd they had rare fish there (amazon leaf and various polypterus). Once I saw one of their tanks filled with 8-10 dead fish floating on top with fungus growing I just left. To an extent I don't mind the higher prices, but if your prices are high I expect to see clean tanks.