Agreed.
Got mine for 1k and don't feel bad about it at all, so worth it.
While I'm happy to have gotten mine at retail, I was more than prepared to hand over a grand when we all thought it was gonna be $999 after Secret Compass put it up for PO (before we knew that SSC was going to carry it @ $650).
I really don't understand how SS can justify $700 for their new RO PF when the the IS was only $650 with multiple switch-outs/display options and lower ES. It's probably safe to assume that SS is gonna make a ton of these so you'd think it would be a little cheaper.