I'm on Shoryuken forums. I've poked around, and Foe Hammer and arcadepower.ca are really the only places around I can find something that fits American parts. I could ask someone on SRK to build me one, but you HAVE to have been on the forums for 6 months and have 50 posts to do any business (buying or selling) there.
So, I'm at a loss. It's either get an X-Arcade, pay too much, or don't get one at all. I know how to wire sticks, so being able to get a shell and do the wiring myself will offset the costs some, but the shell and shipping from anywhere is still going to cost about $150+, and that's before factoring in the buttons and internal parts!
<EDIT> Oh, and about X-Arcade, that's probably just so they can have 8 buttons. Modern console fighting games use 6 attack buttons and 2 macro buttons.