Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=852117

It's true, both DAZ and CL has made statements on this. Here's a link to the message where the price tag was first released. It starts at msg# 26 and goes from there. Even if the price was negotiable, you'd have to do a heck of a lot of negotiating to get it down close to $1500.