Unfotunately no, there is no place to readily buy this item for cheaper. I thought I was lucky enough to get mine from ebay for 120.00. However shipping was ridiculous, not really because of weight, but because of size. The box for this item is very large and gets tagged with a girth penalty. I ended up paying about 155.00 anyway and it was damaged when it arrived with no replacement parts available yet. It's probably best to buy from Tower or similar for this reason, the price of the item has the real shipping cost worked in and with the specials they run usually end up covering the 7.00 + dollars they charge for shipping. If it arrives damaged, they usually take care of it too.