You must be more fortunate or better at looking. T5s come up all the time for cheap; the last two I bought were $50 and $100, but every time I look for a toploader it's closer to $600 for something I have no idea how well it works and I'd have to pay to ship it across the country. I've never, ever found a toploader for sale locally. Not to say they aren't out there, but I've never seen one.