follow up to my post above:

well folks while that 1803 price seems too good to be true, it actually wasn't....!!! i just got off the phone with 6ave and basically they had ordered a bunch of 1802's to selloff at $299 but there was some discrepancy and they had to sell 1803's at that price....this was a couple of weeks ago and was in-store only....however, as you'd expect, they're all sold out now....

if anyone sees this price around (or better!) please email me at 'tearglove@yahoo.com'

thanks vulture for the tip!