Wolf, Be careful. I used to work for a software company and oneof the things I did was track the selling of pirated software via ebay. All the sellers that we snagged had good seller ratings. I bought my D100 from a brick and mortor shop for a couple of reasons. 1) instant gratification, 2) if there is something wrong I don't want to have to deal with Nikon, I want an authorized dealer to do it for me (there are athorized dealers on ebay, Ritz Camera for one), 3) I could open the box and make sure everything was there and in one piece. Another thing is that I have heard rumors the the D100 will come down in price by about $200(US) 2 weeks before Christmas. That is a rumor though. What I did was I beat the guy up over the price for over a month. He couldn't give me anything off the camera but he gave me $180 off a 512m card. Usually that is not possible but most camera shops don't do well for the holidays. If you find one locally that is a smaller shop the shop owner may give you a break to help him get to his goals for the month. The later in the month the better the chances. In my research I found that the average camera shop with 4-6 stores buys the camera from Nikon for $1299(US). Keep that in mind when dealing with anyone offering it for less. I talked to one company that offered the camera for $999 via PCPhoto magazine and for that price it didn't include anything but the body. No software, no battery, no charger, not even a strap! Once you added all that back in it cost $1699(US)! That is $200 more than everyone else. Be careful! Magick Michael