Any one know a great place to get a deal on drums?

Well, I talked to my son and he wished he could help, these sets are getting outrageous in price, he said to get what you want the first time, add to them and never look at another set, he made that mistake about 12 years ago, and he wished your son many great hours and years of enjoyment to him, we drummer's can enjoy this threw out all of our lives.
Be sure to thank him for his time

I got one call to make tomorrow, hopefully I can get a killer deal on a shell kit and then I can piece everything else together and come in at budget

(But I need 3 different vendors to cut me a deal...not very likely)

If that doesn't work, we're probably getting a brand new full set and he can add the Cymbals he wants as he makes more money

The nice thing about that option is that we're starting off with tama hardware so that should last him a few decades