I call BS on that. My Walther (NOT an SW99) was around 550, brand new, NOT on sale. And they can be found for cheaper than that, I just wasn't patient enough to wait for an online deal.
But the question is whether your walther is 100% german made. Does it have the proof marks and stampings. My guess is it isn't.
As for the rest of the HkATERS out there, heres some food for thought. I buy guns for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes its for collecting, sometimes its for plinking, and sometimes its for duty. When I'm purchasing for the latter, price is usually my last concern. My first questions are 1) is it reliable, 2) is it accurate, 3) does it shoot well.
I don't ever sit there and ask "does it break the mold", or "is it revolutionary". All I want to know is whether its really good at sending small projectiles where I want them to go and does it fit my various criteria.
So with that said, I have to ask the question (granted this is speculation since no one here has shot one, much less held one), if the HK cost the same as (insert your favorite tupperware gun here) would you buy it. If no, then thats fine. There's either something you really don't like about it, or something you really like about Brand X.
If the answer is yes however (and I think judging by some of these posts if you are being truthful, this is the case) then the HK is really good at what it does. And judging by how successful HK has been, I'd venture that there are plenty of people willing to pay for what they do (boring reliability and extreme accuracy) even though the sticker is more than most.
And since we are all having a kum-bye-ya moment of truthfullness here, it really could be the case that this new HK is the most comfortable, softest shooting .45 ever built. It could also suck. Who really knows. I certianly don't. But the people who are giving the "it doesn't do anything for me" line don't either. That doesn't exactly reek of impartiality.