I have exactly one FLGS here. That's where I buy my paints, but if you mention Battletech to them, all you get are looks that remind you of zombies.
Which means I usually order directly from Ulisses Spiele (German license holder), but they don't offer online exclusives (have asked them to do that multiple times, but so far, they refuse to add them to their store).
But on the positive side, this means we could throw almost $400 directly at IWM instead of giving a big part of it to a reseller. :)