FWIW, the OH ordered one off ebay and it arrived earlier this week. Fingers crossed for a dump of snow over Dublin over the weekend so that we get to 'christen' it .
Looked at this site but it doesn't seem to be https, which i think is for a secure site - anyone know if this is secure? I don't have a paypal account. Also, according to the paper today, even regular postal deliveries are delayed already as a result of last snowfall!!