We just never seem to get deals like this in the UK. I scan the many and varied free advertisement web sites reasonably regularly and most of the ads for anything worth having want silly money.
There's a Black Beauty on Craigslist UK at the moment that's up for £1200!
Are shipping costs from the US just too prohibitive to get one (400, 402, etc...) from the states?
Just too much of a PITA?