Keith I do the same thing - check around, look at prices online. Time and time again I end up purchasing my dry goods from FAOIS. Remember years ago when the LFS couldn't come close to the prices online. Those days are gone at least for FAOIS they know what the online vendors are selling the item for and most general they are under or beating the price. I've been to several stores locally, after looking and comparing prices I've also found them to generally be the lowest.
BTW - they have reef crystals (box 200g) for 40 bucks this weekend - now that's a great price
