I can verify this.. I'm fairly new to the business, and I still stay at home with my parents since I'm still in school part time. At one point, I owed snap on credit ~$4900 in tools and my box, but after about two months, I only owe around $1k.
I just got the same box off the truck a few weeks ago with the stainless top and drawer guards for less than 3k. Mine is matte black though, and incredibly tough to keep clean.