I will admit, that I looked and saw that they had an i7 with a 512ssd and 16gb ram for less than my standing order, and figured that getting 512ssd vs a 256 and paying $9 less in the process was a worth while deal.
The only down side to this was that I am now going to have to wait and extra 5 more days for it to show up. But I am sure that I will be more than happy with the better unit 5 days later considering the cost savings.
*edit -- looked it up and even with my eep discout, I ended up saving $320 off ordering it new, and the nice person at apple canada threw in a trackpad for me as that was what I had originally ordered before.