Originally Posted by
Tiki
In the case of the lens and speedlite I want, the prices are the same. For personal reasons, I need to do a walk-in purchase of the items. I only mentioned them so the thread wouldn't get taken off-topic to a discussion of online retailers when I am asking about walk-in retailers.
I'm in NYC enough that B&H is a walk-in retailer for me

. I totally get it (I like to see/feel things before I buy them) and didn't want to take the thread off on an unrelated tangent but I've just rarely seen BB competitive.