Gotta say that was a pretty horrible "internal freight" accident if I've ever heard of one. *Cough* BULLSHIT *Cough*. You should probably go to MFs corporate headquarters and kick their CEO in the nuts. I definitely agree that going to a retailer near you to get the amp would be a good idea. I'm from Manitoba, also in Canada in case anybody doesn't know Manitoba's location, and there are a couple retailers here that aren't too far from the prices on MF. For the most part, anyways. The big bonus for going to a store is that you can actually try it out, and it's a lot easier to deal with a store you can physically visit if something does go wrong than to exchange e-mails and wind up getting the run-around.