That TE2 stick only cost me $75 at a pawn shop, and it's worked fine ever since (knock on wood), so I'm not inclined to run out and buy another one for more than double the price.
For what it's worth, I have several arcade sticks in the house, including one I built myself using an encoder. Both the homemade stick and the TE2 are too big, while the two Hori sticks are... well, Hori sticks. I was able to get some use out of the Hori Fighting Stick PS by replacing the buttons, because Horis generally use carbon pads for the triggers, and those just completely suck ass. However, the Fighting Stick 3 is utterly hopeless. It doesn't like working with anything BUT the PS3, the buttons are mushy, and they're arranged in a "rainbow of sadness" that I utterly despise. Give me a Vewlix style button layout or GTFO, thank you.