To give you an example. I bought my Rocket RS450/200/300 setup back in August and it had free shipping. Now if I were to buy that same package today with their current sale prices it would cost around $1200 + shipping which would be right around $300. So for ~ $1500 I could have that package shipped to my house now. How much did I buy the package for in August when it had free shipping? I spent $1677. So with the free shipping it cost more then it would now. Of course once the rockets went on sale for a better price I contacted my rep who gave me a store credit, which I will be using to upgrade to the 850's.