I too have been doing a lot of research on this camera this is a good deal.
However another option is
www.beachcamera.com where is price is 667.59 before 100 dollar rebate.
OR
If you wanted the kit lense beachcamera has it for 727 - 100 = 627.00 (with lens) making this lens like $60 bucks which is pretty good in my opinion. (Silver model...black is a bit more...I happen to like silver better so works out for me...planning on buying soon.)
beach camera
reseller rating link which is good as well. Anyway this rebate is available till July so unless these prices change look like we've got some time.
Either way good post OP