Wow, that is high. When I bought mine, I called the shops and got the price. The one I bought from had it for $1499 so I mentioned that I knew people online who had bought it for as little as 1200. They said they could take $100 off but that was it. So I went for it. The other shop I called wouldn't budge from the $1499 but tried to sell me used ones (which I wasn't interested in).