If you're patient you can find used Bev-Air, True, Continental, or Perlick units for that price. It takes a bit of time scouring eBay, craigslist, and the like but they do come up. Completely worth it in my estimation.
There seems to be a big jump from straight comsumer units (appx. $500) to commercial ($1K) with not much inbetween.
The more I read about Haier the less I'd have anything to do with them. I don't know if I've seen one positive review or comment.
Just my $.02
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