"I think they are losing money on this and they are trying to stop shipping until they relist at a higher price. I could be wrong though."
If you check pricegrabber, you'll see the monitor listed from 6 different vendors for anywhere between $330 to $380. Hardwarebuyline actually has it listed at a cheaper price with free shipping too. "Wholesale" price is listed as $399, but who knows how these deals really work ? Perhaps Samsung is blasting these things into the market in an effort to capture some marketshare. It wouldn't suprise me if that in fact, is the case.
What makes the Onvia deal attractive is the Pointclick rebate coupled with the coupon, and it doesn't stand up to logic that Onvia is looking to raise the price on the item, since you could apply the coupon/Pointclick discout to ANY item on their site.
No, Onvia just happens to offer exceptional pricing on a LOT of their items. I bought a Plextor 12/4/32 SCSI for UNDER $200 from them, and have used their "coupon" discount for several purchases. CSR's have been exceptionally helpful and accomodating, even sending me some free inkjet cartridges when they screwed up an order.
I've had only one beef with them, and it involved a situation similar to this, where the "in stock/out of stock" status of an item got confused. They swore that distro promised them product to arrive the next day, but then wound up backordering the item because "the distributor didn't come thru". I was pissed off at them because I really NEEDED the item, but they had no problem simply cancelling the partial order, and even let me apply the $25 coupon to the balance of the order that they had already shipped to me.
All in all, I've been MORE than pleased with their pricing and CSR's, and intend to keep them as my primary source for stuff, especially when they keep shipping prices free or very low. Granted, it might not last forever, but it's better to know that you can place some faith in a company to work things out in the customer's favor most of the time.