At this point, I just called a friend of mine (another empeg owner) and let him know the new prices and he ordered two with no problems at all.

So I don't know what the problem is, but it does seem specific to me. The funny thing is, I've done lots of online shopping this season and Sonicblue's site is the *only* one I've had *any* problems with and I've had problems *every* time I've had the misfortune to have to use it, as have a few other people I know who have ordered stuff from their site. I've never seen a more ineptly built and run site than Sonicblue's. (I wish I had a boatload of money to just buy out their entire stock of empeg equipment just so I would *never* have to deal with the crappy site again...)