Cheri - If you like the shorts, I'd say you got your money's worth. PI seems to change its chamois every year and I'd bet dollars to donuts that there is someone out there who would pay more than $80 for the 2002 PI shorts you found. That said, I can understand your feeling ripped off because the shorts weren't the 2006 edition.
Xeney -- I hear you about the "wonderful" LBS experience. The LBS closest to where I live has an excellent rep---the Secret Service has their bikes serviced there and I think they've worked on The President's mt. bike. Well, my experience hasn't always been great. One time I took my bike in to have a flat fixed and the dude who "fixed" it didn't even check the damn tire to see what caused the tube to puncture. The next time I rode the bike, the same tire went flat again, not even 1/4 mile from home. The final indignity--when my husband took it back to have them replace the tube again, they CHARGED him. That time, the person changing the tube (a woman) FOUND the sharp stone that caused the punctures. I won't go there again. Instead, I drive down to Alexandria to a LBS that has always given me decent service.