I broke down and ordered a set of Norton 220/1000 and 4000/8000 stones from Amazon. They even included a SiC flattening stone. Now, the problem. Amazon packs this stuff with as little packing material as they can get away with. ($$$) The flattening stone is, naturally in the bottom of the box and mine arrived broken. Amazon's sending a replacement set and paying the shipping of the original set back to them. I called Amazon and spoke to a person on another continent, who put a note in the computer to make certain I don't get an encore performance.

My advice is to order by phone and have them check the item before packing and over pack it.