What's the deal with the 14mm?

It's a good lens and unbelievably small and light.  I paid $160 for mine from ebay and have had no regrets at all.  I use it all the time and it gives me very good results, very sharp and will focus in close when you need it to.  I doubt Panasonic will honour the warranty, but at that price and for how often I've used it, it doesn't much matter to me at this point...but I've had no problems at all with it in 12 months of use.