Originally posted by 00UrbanGixxer600
uhm... I bought my bike from Longwood suzuki and they treated me pretty good. Not to mention military discount on helmets and parts. The people seem friendly and I've not had any problems with them. Longwood is quite a ways though.. I'm not sure what you mean by vendors. 
You got the right idea....and i doesn't matter where anyone is. They can be local, semi-local, the other side of the world, or even from the internet.