It's not a dumb idea, but rather misguided. I have always felt that choosing LFS on the SOLE basis of price is a short-sighted attitude. First, prices can change, and LFS reserve the right to offer better deals to certain regulars (while charging normal rates to casual buyers). What one member is charged may not be what the LFS would like to charge everyone.
I also do not see products such as fish and plants (equipment perhaps is different) as undifferentiated items akin to cameras and hardware from Sim Lim. Some LFS take the trouble to quarantine their fish/plants before putting them up for sale - the cost for such better quality stock will of course be somewhat higher. Other LFS source for fishes/plants that are relatively rare, and this means that the overall cost of livestock in the shop would tend to be higher than your average wet market or pao kah liao type LFS.
There are also LFS who bother to set up good show tanks and who can provide trustworthy advice about the hobby. There are also other outfits which are really like aquatic warehouses, pushing volume sales without the time or real expertise to dish out advice other than "yah, this product sure can do it one!"
I personally think spending time and effort looking for the absolute lowest price of a product is worth it. What if the cheapest offering may be in a shop at the other end of Singapore? Are you going to spend half a day plus transport to go there?
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