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I went through the same ordeal.. LAME.

Good news though! I bought mine off getbmwparts.com for the ~$1500 price and had it installed at Coggin BMW in Ft. Pierce. I live in WPB so it wasn't too bad of a drive and they knocked it out in an hour or so. No issues with not purchasing it there.

It's a small town dealer and the area is a hole, but it got the job done haha!

EDIT - also, I did the actual parts installs myself, just had them do the flash. Can't remember the price, but it was like 1.5 hrs labor at ~$170/hr. Not bad comparably.