Ok, so things continue to develope. I got that message saying the "TRD" wasn't included earlier this afternoon. And tonight I come home and read the following from Aaron, the guy that responded to my original email.

Email from Aaron:
He is right. We will include all panels including the TOD. The inverter is a small part of the total package price. Retail price on our web site is $9.95. Why do you need only 1 inverter? 1 inverter is not powerful enough to drive all 3 panels. The price is not negotiable for the group uys. -$99.95. this covers our tooling expenses with 25 pre-orders. I hope you understand.

So, we're back to having the TOD included and no discount on inverter's. I have one last email in to aaron, just for clarification, about this and I'll let you all know what the finally say is.