I bought this iron on ebay on Mon the 6th of June (the day after this thread was posted). $18, free S&H, just like Kim. It arrived on the 7th! Yes, 1day! And it is great. It gets very hot. The cord is very long and hard-wired into the iron. It stands securely. I am in love with it already. I had another very small iron that had a short cord that would not stay plugged into the iron, the iron wouldn't stand securely, and it only got warm. It will go into the trash tomorrow...when I find it...if it hasn't already been tossed.