I got mine at beginning of September from Germany for under £1500, which for a bike with Pikes and a Reverb is awesome. Paul’s Cycles have a Sanction frame on offer for about the same price.
It’s a great bike downhill and regardless of its bulk gets up big steep long loose climbs very well too. The shock seems to take some work to get the best out of it. The long front centre and slack head need weighting more than I am used to. Overall its a good basis to ride and upgrade as you can/need. All I’ve changed so far is the tyres stem saddle and bottomless tokens in the shock.