I'm seeing the list price at $2595 on HKS's site. FI varies by feature set: the cheapest version is $1,100, the most expensive is $1,535. You're saying forum sponsors are giving you somewhere between $1K and $1.5K off of the list price? That's a heck of a deal.
Also the FI is clocking in at 10-16 lbs lighter than stock (depending on CF vs SS mufflers), what does the HKS weigh? I haven't managed to google up any data on that.
The rest of the points above (skipping the first and last since they're entirely subjective):
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2: It doesn't hang so low that it scrapes
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I live in Houston, with the car at stock height I routinely destroy the little front under-spoiler on my car from all the insane parking lot entrances around here, and the FI has never hit anything once. HKS may offer more ground clearance for a very lowered car, but FI doesn't have a scraping problem at all at stock height.
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3: The tips are adjustable, allowing the exhaust to grow with the car as you mod it
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I really don't get this point? I see that the little rainbow-color tips are screw-on with some length adjustment possible, but what does this have to do with anything else? You mean extending it to match the length of some beefy replacement rear bumper? Or are you claiming some performance tune-ability out of this?
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4: It's designed by a company that has a reputation for quality for ages
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I'll give you that point, they do have a good reputation for quality. My beef is they also have a reputation for overpricing things and getting people to pay extra just for the brand. Their exhaust is not worth $2600, IMHO, given the other options on the market.
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5: I didnt have to wait 6-8 weeks for one
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Fair point, FI is obviously going through some growing pains scaling up their operation to their popularity. Personally I could care less about waiting 6-8 weeks for their exhaust, it's a small timeframe in the life of the car, and far less time and effort than I spent, for instance, ******* around with Stillen's first-gen exhaust fitment problems (long story, still bitter).