First off, if a shop is honest, and therefore, worth doing business with in the first place, they would be able to elaborate in detail, any and all parts swaps, and as a smart consumer, cobray should know what he is buying, IE: oem xtr f der, should still be xtr, oem Marta SL should still be etc. If they hem haw, or can't exactly say, spend your bucks elsewhere. This is about a bike, which the buyer wants, which has not changed model year to the next, it's still the same bike, '06 being a different color. If he wants it, he should buy it, if he wants a better price, he should be commited to buying, when asking for said better price, if it is still no good, go buy it on ebay for less, and risk whatever risks there are out there. But to suggest that any shop owner should be obligated to give a buyer, employee purchase price, or even more off, just because the color changed, and to try various methods of achieving that end, does nothing except encourage customers to be the type of people that every shop hates to deal with. Yes I am a shop owner, no mine is not the one in question. I'm not trying to get into a protracted word battle here, it's just that a price is a price, and overall most other respondents feel the same. For the true deal seekers, there is ebay, but most of the arguements for a beeter deal here, are justy not sufficient to warrant a shop giving this guy a bike UNLESS THERE ARE THINGS WE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT! (dihonesty, downgraded parts, used parts etc) I apologize if you felt I was calling you names, it is not my intent, I'm actually a reallly nice guy. Peace, Happy Holidays.