misleading

I recently discovered that EastWest are having a big sale on their Quantum Leap Orchestral softsynths – their entry level Silver version is now only $US295, or around $AU400 – so I’m very tempted to buy it pretty much immediately.
However, I can’t find any decent samples of what it sounds like. On their page they have a bunch of samples that sound absolutely amazing – you’d think it was a real orchestra.
However, when you dig a little deeper you see that the samples were recorded with their $4,500 Platinum version NOT Silver.
The Platinum version has more than 100GB of samples, compared with less than 10 for Silver – so I’d really like to know what the silver quality is really like. I’ve found a few samples by users of the library, but they’re of mixed quality. I want to see what an expert can get out of it. I had hoped that the samples on EastWest’s Sounds Online site were re-recordings of each sample piece with the relevant library, so you could compare Silver -> Gold -> Platinum. I might have been convinced to save for Gold if I could hear the difference. But since I can’t I’m going to take the gamble on Silver instead.
The challenge will be finding it for less than $500. From Soundsonline I can get it for $US295 and an undisclosed amount of shipping, from AudioMidi I can get it for $US285 and $US65 shipping – for both of those there’s the chance that customs may intercept it and charge me GST. From EastWest Samples in Australia I can get it for $AU445 and $AU13 shipping, but that’s _before_ GST.
So I’ll probably just end up going to Better Music here in Canberra, sure, I’ll have to pay the GST, but I won’t have to pay shipping and I’ll get it right away.