Cheapest Road and Train tracks?

[LegoTriathlete]

So I'm about to finally start building out my lego city and I just realized that SAH has limits on the train tracks and road plates... I guess the expectation is that you need to get more at a physical location or another retailer.  Seems odd to me, but what do I know... either way it got me thinking if there are cheaper ways of getting these items outside of the traditional boxed items at a 20% discount or so?  Is pick-a-brick route a viable/cheaper way, other options?  Before I invest too much time and $ in this stuff figured I'd check what others have experienced... thx!

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2 hours ago, LegoTriathlete said:

So I'm about to finally start building out my lego city and I just realized that SAH has limits on the train tracks and road plates... I guess the expectation is that you need to get more at a physical location or another retailer.  Seems odd to me, but what do I know... either way it got me thinking if there are cheaper ways of getting these items outside of the traditional boxed items at a 20% discount or so?  Is pick-a-brick route a viable/cheaper way, other options?  Before I invest too much time and $ in this stuff figured I'd check what others have experienced... thx!

i would think there's a lot of folks who is on the backend of the project you intend to start..ie selling off their set-up.  Find these would be sellers and get the tracks by bulk and a lot of knowledge for minimal prices. Locally should be preferred as it's surprising how large a box that holds a lot of tracks can be.