As you should :-) Pay where you play is always a good policy. I get most of my models online as no place local sells Infinity miniatures. If they did, I'd make the drive to purchase them at the shop.

That's also the way I started Infinity. I bought Nomads and Haqqislam, taught myself, then taught my friend using my two factions. From there we just pulled people in as we found them and usually taught them based on Nomads, Haqqislam, of my buddy's Yu Jing.