Yea I agree with you.. the stands cost way too much. One of the best deals I found was to look for Korean brand stands. I am located in Japan, and we get a fairly decent amount of Korean electronic products. They are often 30-50% cheaper than any Japanese brand good.
Thanks for the link David. Im sure it will help traders out here. I personally like to custom build everything. I custom built my computer as well... I find it alot cheaper this way with good specs. Built mine for around $800 USD... plus $200 for each monitor. I use 3 cheap video cards so I basically built mine from scratch for under $2,000. Ive had no problems with it for over 2 years now.
Nowadays all anti-virus/firewall programs are free as well.