I have a wholesale account with The Tire Rack and when I checked my invoice dated back to 1/14/08 when I first bought a set of Hawk Blues, the price was only $97 plus $6.23 for shipping. Not sure if the pads have gone up in price or not but $100 shipped is not much better than what I originally paid.
I guess without a wholesale account, that price is pretty good. I wonder would they accept my contingency money on a purchase of a set through wholesale. Guess I'll be making that call today to find out.
Here is a link to the guy that is selling the Hawk Blues.
forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=413717
UPDATE: Just checked with The Tire Rack and they front pads sell for $128 retail and my wholesale is $113 so guess prices did go up in the past couple of months. They said the contingency money is good off their retail price.