Apparently Artie and I are dealing in 2 very different marketplaces.....he's advocating the auction / bidding process on eBay and I'm advocating dealing with a retail discount through a more established retail marketplace. Both will work for an end-user, but the auction process has more moving pieces....the $30 price cited above was the OPENING BID price in an auction that has now seen the price rise to close to double, and there remains lots of time before the auction closes, so that price will continue to rise as bidding continues.
I shopped and compared online at Amazon, Fry's Electronics, NewEgg, BD Photo, Best Buy, Walmart, etc in order to find the most reasonable price for ease of purchase now rather than working the auction timing on eBay.
If you have the time and patience and understanding of the process, eBay can provide many bargains and I have shopped there a lot in the past.....for this particular need, I chose otherwise.
