thanks for putting the link. I have been in touch with several companies now and compiling a comparision spreadsheet. They all will ship directly and ofcourse cheaper than the EBay site as you are buying directly from the manufacturer. The risk is warranty issues etc although they all provide a years warranty, really if it breaks who is going to ship it back to China! I will be keen in finding out what company is the gig-options one manufactured by? the website address must be printed on the manual somewhere?