Received this today, It appears as though Home Depot has good intention of honoring their promise to ship out the Work Sharp's at the promised price.... We shall see.

Dear Home Depot Valued Customer,

As you may know, your Internet order XXXXXXXXXXX has one or more items on backorder
as shown below:

Qty Ordered Product Unit Price Amount
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1 Work Sharp 3000 $249.00 $249.00
CE75Ppugrow246 -$186.75
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We sincerely apologize for the delay in shipping this order and any inconvenience this has
caused you.

Your products will be shipped once the product becomes available for shipment. If you
have any questions, or would like to cancel your order, please contact our Internet
Customer Service Center at the number listed below.

If we do not hear from you we will assume that you will wait for all products in your
order to be available and that you are willing to accept this shipment delay. You will not be
billed until the item ships.

Please accept our sincere apologies for this delay. Remember, if you want the item,
there is no reason to write or call.

Thanks again for shopping at homedepot.com. We look forward to serving you in the future!

Sincerely,

Home Depot