Everyone here tried to warn them. As is it now, you'd need a whole year to pay that off and you know there is no chance that you'll be making what you are making now by the time that year ends. The price was all Baikal cashing in after pumping the hardware's value by initially releasing low numbers. Anyone that paid $7,000 and didn't flip it immediately on ebay is in for a rough time. I paid $2500 for my x10. It paid for itself already, however, I would not even pay that again at this point.