yea especially since
a) mine were brand new in the plastic, not slightly used and
b) ebay dosent count. its like the lottery. yea you may get an amazing deal, but it was pure luck.
plus i still have warentty cause i got them from a shop and i got to pick what i wanted (ski, size and such) rather than just gettin the deal i could find. and i got to actually see the thing i was buying before i got it. he may have paid less, but my deal was clearly safer, and i can warenty if they fuck up. dont get me wrong im not knockin your skis. just saying that shops do sell them for less than 260 or whatever you said