I certainly don't disagree with your thoughts behind buying locally - I think PC Case Gear's price is quite reasonable and I've only had excellent service from them in the past. But for me, it's still a fair bit of cash to outlay for what appears to be almost a "beta" release. Yes, the bricked throttle problem concerns me and the TARGET software is still in its infancy.
Anyway, is there any truth that the production run of the Warthog is a "limited"? Otherwise I'm happy to wait until 2011...