I was in touch with both LCS that are involved with sports cards, asking if they had anything specifically in the sets I was looking for, or any commons or base set cards in general that I could go through. One of them basically told me flat out that they weren't interested in my money, and the other one might as well have told me to H-E-double-hockeysticks! So much for doing business locally.....
When I was a kid, or even a young teen (which wasn't that long ago), the sports cards stores locally were AWESOME! A couple of them closed up, and one that told me to take a hike has new management, and it just isn't the same....