I got one as well from the Amazon sale. Thanks to whoever it was that gave the head's up on the other Department 56 items on sale too as I picked up several of those as well at great prices. I will have to remember to look out for these on sale next holiday season as well.
I was going to wait to try it out until next year, but hearing that people are having issues with them, I will definitely take it out the box and try it out.
The only problem with getting this is now I need to buy other city buildings around the same stature to go along with it. I know the Empire State Building is insanely expensive and so I assume the others are too (Flat Iron, Radio City, etc). So I may just have to look for other larger city buildings that will go with this. I do have the smaller Grand Central Terminal.