The 2nd hand VC he lists was sold a year ago so I'm guessing the SS has also. In his email he said he was updating the site today with a relaunch tomorrow. I agree that it's worth an extra couple of hundred to have local support for the product. When you boil it down, prices are pretty similar across the board and the US is being ripped off on the VC for a change
I didn't bother asking about 260L prices, I just figured it'd be around $4K.
We appear to have hijacked this thread into a 'how cheap can you get it' thread