Thanks for the responses guys, I emailed the guy in AZ about his shifter. Yeah, I was going to go to the junkyard, not the dealer...but you can generally estimate j-yard prices from dealer prices (that's how they set the prices around here, 40-50% usually.)

Also, I didn't buy the POS short shifter, as I said, it was on the car when I bought it. FWIW, I've seen all kinds of short shifters break, from crap brands to B&Ms. Never been a fan.

....well maybe on an LS1, that's one hell of a long row in those things