I got mine a couple of years ago for ~ 980. This was after an October ice storm in Massachusetts with major power outages across the state and there were no generators to be found anywhere. I got it over the internet from a place in Texas - no snow storms there.
A friend of mine needed one right away and though to himself - "where could a get a generator locally, during a blackout in Massachusetts in October, that other people wouldn't think of?" He found one at a marina in New Hampshire. (I think he paid closer to $1200 but was happy to get it)