'Retrieves the available local load balancer packages.
:rtype: ``list`` of :class:`LBPackage`'

def ex_list_balancer_packages(self):

    mask = {'prices': ''}
    res = self.connection.request('SoftLayer_Product_Package', 'getItems', id=0, object_mask=mask).object
    res_lb_pkgs = [r for r in res if (r['description'].find('Load    Balancer') != (-1))]
    res_lb_pkgs = [r for r in res_lb_pkgs if (not r['description'].startswith('Global'))]
    return [self._to_lb_package(r) for r in res_lb_pkgs]
