I love my local dive shop. They treat me well and have great service and great deals. They are very active with offering dive specialty classes and with dive trips, and travel.
This dive shop also arranges charity dive activities several times throughout the year which I participate in.
I support my local dive shop 110%. Without them, getting and especially maintaining my dive gear would be a real pain.
Besides, I still have not figured out how to get that darn Internet Air Fill (AIF) application to work. Untill I figure that one out I guess I sort of need the local dive shop.