I have a feeling that price, ratings, photos and all that can be found online are just tools to help. From what I've seen, it seems that the only way to truly know what you are in for is to go give it a whirl. considering your brothers over here in the good ol' states are paying upwards of US$100 for a simple wham-bam-thank you maam, I would say that the $400, $800, or even the lofty $1300 is a small price to pay for a one time experiment. But that's why we have all these tools to at least (hopefully) steer us in the right direction. When you're on the fence about a particular girl, you can always check the Reports section