I was trying to hold off buying one until Feb-March next year, but due to the fact that the 60GB model has backwards compatibility and the 40GB does not, the Wife virtually forced me to find a 60GB model for the boy due to his investment in PS2 games.
So after about 3 hours of searching, one is due to be delivered on Friday, with an extra controller and 2 games.

I hope Sony don't make me regret my purchase.