I pulled the trigger on a 64GB from whymobile.com (singapore). It came to 800 bucks including shipping to the US, insurance, and paypal fees. Best price I've found so far from a .com who will ship internationally, and a google search for reviews of the place say it's a brick and mortar with honest practices (haven't found a negative opinion at least). I'll confirm back if the transaction goes smoothly or not. I gave up on my principle$ and being patient, but will quickly forget all that if this goes smoothly.

only problem is they didn't say what color, but DID label the 16GB versiojn as blue so I'm hoping lack of explicit indication is black at least (and the pic was black). living dangerously (and doing mad-rationalizing) lol

gerbick, I'll keep my spot on your list until I know if I got burnt or not (or if you say it's time to ish or get off the pot on the group buy). Will let you know for sure either way.