My experiences with Shin Tokyo have been great! Sure, some of their staff don't always know what they're talking about, but that's no different to Kmart or TRU.

As for the price, maybe it was part of their sale? Maybe it was priced incorrectly on Sunday and someone else changed it? Dunno. All I do know is that $44.90 (which I'm guessing is the price you saw today) is what Henkeis usually cost there, so anything cheaper would have been a sale/mistake/bargain price.