$150 is pretty much the standard price for that guitar. when guitar center has a "sale", most of the sale items are not actually any cheaper than their usual prices. cheaper than list price, but no guitar is ever sold for the list price.

i gotta be honest and tell you that you might want to consider a different guitar. the BC Rich bronze series is their bottom end line, and is cheap as hell. they play alright when new, but after a few months they'll start breaking down. a good friend of mine got a mockingbird bronze series once. one of the worst guitars i've ever played. the frets weren't placed well, so the tuning would be slightly off as you went up the neck. and after a while, some notes wouldn't even come through, like some of the frets were higher or lower than the rest. the intonation was pretty bad, and the knobs and pickup selector died. :down:

that being said, i could be wrong. he got the guitar about four years ago, so they could've upgraded the bronze series since then.