I've been wanting the gift of edition of IT for awhile now since it's more in my price range than the S/L. The cheapest I've seen recently has been $900 or more. I saw one on ebay today for $835 and I offered him $600. He countered offered with $700 and I accepted. Still a bit more than I wanted to pay, but the chances of finding one closer to $500 is likely pretty slim at this point.
I came to the conclusion that I wasn't going to find the gift edition of IT for cheaper anytime soon since it seems to have doubled in value over the last year or two.