I ended up buying on ebay after all of that. I just didn't want to pay $35 more because I took the time to investigate what, for me, is a sizeable and important purchase. Bought the camera on ebay for $916 and the mic for $123 - overall it was $100 savings not buying from Amazon
Sonofabitch - Amazon is really messing with me today. They have increased prices on two items today by a total of about $35.
This was odd - happened to me for the first time at Amazon. Oh - and I'm trying out Posterous as well to see if I like it :)