When I'm in San Pedro, I buy locally. When I'm not in San Pedro, I buy where I am or I might on ocassion buy from a "big box" or an "on line" store. Hope that's OK with you.

If a local business in San Pedro, has a service department, one would assume that they are willing to service items that have been purchased elsewhere. Are you suggesting that if (just for example) I've purchased my dive gear here at home, over many years, and that if something breaks whilst I'm diving in San Pedro, I shouldn't get my gear serviced whilst in San Pedro, because I didn't buy it there in the first place?

A fish and a bird can fall in love, but where will they build their nest?