OT: Bobwins, in the past we could blame the fact that the market would go down when you had lunch with your friend and discussed the market. One can only presume that you made the mistake to taking this individual out to a five star restuarant for dinner the way the market has tanked. So you may want to consider making alternate dinner plans...:>)
On a more serious note, I bookmarked the slickdeals.net web site you mentioned a few days ago. Did you end up buying anything from them and if so - any problems? Looks like some really great deals on that site.