Yep, $440 dollars with local sales tax, no contract needed, they were properly pissed off in the Apple Store, within about 20 minutes we bought 30 phones between 7 people !!
The problem you will have if you buy one today is that it will be on Firmware 1.1.1 so you will currently have to purchase a piece of software and go through a fairly complicated unlocking procedure.
But if you are computer savvy then it wouldn't be difficult ....
Hve a look at
http://www.modmyiphone.com