I would never pay that for a cue shaft. I would probably play a raffle or two to try to win one if they came up. That's how I ended up with my Whyte Carbon as I would never pay full price for one.
They made a few clean looking P3 models like the bocote model, but now they seem to be more flashy looking. Some of the older Blak series weren't too flashy and had a fairly clean look to them.
Some of the youtubers that were there were complaining about the pockets as well. Too large , didn't like the no angle cut and the non existent shelf. They claim they were completely different than last years.