you know the saying: "if it sounds to good to be true - it is"
I spoke with him this morning and he said he made a mistake and he couldn't sell maya that cheap.
oh well.
anyways, he still would sell autocad.
I guess I have to find out about the AC license thingy.
I also found out about solidworks, you can get a student version for $179.00.
now it's between SW, AC or R3D