When did you order and did you get a discount? It should be $499 in the US now and System Active in the UK just dropped the price to £595. I paid £649 in June and am still really happy with it.
I recommend buying VRCover’s replacement facial interface though, unless you have the face shape of a fox. The stock foam pad is very high quality, but incredibly narrow and I couldn’t fit my face into it properly. I got a toilet roll FOV and it pinched my nose to the point it hurt after a while. With the VRCover interface I get a much better FOV, but more importantly it’s super comfortable now.
Lovely headset imo.