I also got mine at Greg Smith in Atlanta (about the same time as LDowney IIRC) just because I could pick it up and not deal w/ shipping hassle. Don't remember what I paid but I'm thinking about half of what they are now. Yeah, it's Chinese (but so are most others). I got the 10k and it does everything I need it to do. It struggled a bit with a single cab F350 dually diesel so if I had it to do over again I'd probably go up to at least 12k. But overall no complaints. Friend has a really nice Bendpak 12k that makes me toy with the idea of upgrading to someday, or even the 15k.