I'm going to call HDK today and get the current pricing.
I was pointing out to you that the title of this thread was for me and alterkation front end. I like the fact others join in with useful first hand experience and suggestions. What bothers me is you have no dog in this fight yet keep interjecting pictures and pricing. You seem like nothing more than a high pressure salesman. If your buddy's front end is good and priced right it will be fine without you flooding a thread with copy and paste information and pricing.
