I guess it depends how good the special pricing is -- if it was (a) something I was going to buy anyway, and ( I could be sure that I was getting the same quality product as I would be if I got it through whatever other channels I was considering (I.E. if he was claiming it was new, and I was considering buying it new, it better come with a valid warrantee), I wouldn't be bothered. But as you so astutely pointed out, it does echo of activities of that other asshat-infested place, so...(shudders)...I don't know if I'd take them up on the offer. But yeah, it's like the PM-equivalent of spam. Why don't they just post publicly?