I went to a couple of local stores just to compare prices today. One store wanted 200€ more for a Sony A300 Kit, than the store online store I'm using. They also wanted 100€ more for the A200 Kit. The other store was a bit more reasonable, their Canon 450D Kit only cost 50€ more than the one I ordered.

For 200€, the customer service better include a "happy ending".

I've avoided the more expensive store deliberately for years. Ever since I started to compare its prices to those that other stores have, I've been telling everybody I know that they should avoid that store. Their prices are completely insane (for example, they wanted twice as much for my current camera, than I actually paid) and they seem to live entirely off of loyal customers and people who don't want to use online stores.