ironic, coming from someone whos 22 and drives a z06 vette! not hating, just find it comical. i've seen tacticals go for 1300, but i only paid 900 for mine. you just have to know where to look. besides, you can get a uspf 45 for 680, that's not much than a full size glock 45. there's no substitute for quality, that's why i chose hk!
hk's customer support for non le folk has gotten ridiculously better. from my experience browsing other websites(hkpro.com) and various others, there's basically little to no turn around time. there reputation in the past has been that they don't like selling or having a customer support base for civilians, but that's not the case anymore.