IMO, there are some people out there who are afraid for the local shops, because they are now having their ricebowl threatened by people being able to offer the market here better products at better prices via the internet.
Mattdavios is doing softies a favour here. He's gone out of his way to source for a supplier, has volunteered himself to organise the logistics of consolidating orders and shipping in the parts, and eventually will have to distribute them out to their respective buyers. Is he making any money off this? I sincerely doubt it. Even if he was, wouldn't you want to give him at least a token sum for his time and effort in organising this?
For those doubting that you'll be saving good money, why don't you go and check out the pricing at the local shops and find out for yourself? Don't forget to post up your findings on the thread here for everyone to see.
But as the venerable shredcow has noted, if this isn't something that you're comfortable with, then please go and continue to support our local music shops. They'll be needing it.