At least with Universal you can get a discount now (use VIP15 for a 15% discount on orders over $300). In any case, my LBS refuses to deal with Pete and that's that. For $130 you can have the better performing SP compared to $330 for a Schmidt. I bought mine from this ebay vender:

items in Intelligent Design Cycles store on eBay!

Here's the 15mm thru-axle version, it's the one I bought:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SP-hub-dynam...item3f3858f6c4

Here's the performance measurements from the Germans Use google translate if yer German's a little rusty):
These tests show clearly the SP-8 out performs the Schmidt:
Neue und exotische Nabendynamos im Test | Fahrradzukunft - Ausgabe 14

Here's another Euro engineer's conclusions, he likes the 15mm thru-axle version of the SP hub best:
http://swhs.home.xs4all.nl/fiets/tes...tml#dynamo%27s