Sorta OT: Best font management solution(s) ?

Hey all,
Well, after 15 years of generally neglecting getting my fonts organized and ending up with them strewn all over multiple drives, I'm looking to pick up the slack.
Years ago I used Suitcase at work, but haven't touched it since I can remember.
Ideally, I'd like to collect all fonts in one location (ok, two if you consider system fonts) and get rid of true duplicates. Also, would like to sequester or somehow identify those that may be causing problems.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Andrew

I'm still using FontExplorer 1.2 on Snow Leopard and haven't had any troubles. It can detect/collect most documents. I personally prefer to use ArtFiles by CodeLine for Illustrator document collection. FontExplore Pro is really nice, but I really haven't seen enough merits in it to justify purchasing it when FEX 1.2.3 is still working great at the unbeatable price of free.
I don't use autoactivation and am extremely reluctant to do so since I work in a design agency that has a great deal of legacy files with Eurostiles, Helveticas, Times, Gill Sans being problem fonts for autoactivation. I can get Suitcase to autoactivate the wrong Gill Sans 100% of the time on Fusion 2 or 3, with the one it preferring being a good bit wider than the other. Totally unacceptable for stuff that has copy that creeps to a trim edge in Illustrator.
I'm personally a huge fan of FontExplorer. I'd say that Suitcase is the most common and reasonably decent and the preferred font manager of font guru Kurt Lang. Font Agent Pro fans insist on nothing else.
As always I recommend reading Kurt Lang's Font Management Best Practices, updated just last month.
http://www.jklstudios.com/misc/osxfonts.html

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He kept staring at his computer and after a while, said, "Sir... I can't give the TV away at that price ($349). It's too low--however, I can go down to $399 for you". I was a bit confused and eventually asked him why my price matching request all of a sudden became an auction or barter for pricing. He said something along the lines of "Well, it's case by case really, and under these circumstances and considering we only have one unit left, I cannot let it go for such a steep price cut". I was starting to get frustrated so instead of taking the conversation any further, I simply asked him if I could speak to his manager. He pointed towards the front of the store and told me to look for a guy named Earl. I actually asked him if he could just intercom the manager to come over to the TV department and he said "No, he's right in front over there".
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I told him again, that I just wanted to know why he seemed so adamant about not price matching the TV set. He said that he tried explaining to me but that I wasn't "getting it" so it was time for me to leave. I said "You know what, all you keep doing is pulling excuses everytime I ask a question. What if I walked in here tonight and told you the sale was from Amazon or something? How is this different..?"
At this point he pointed to his employees as if they were security guards or something and they ESCORTED me out of the (removed per forum guidelines) store! Like I was a thief that just got caught stealing something! At this point I was mortified because now there WERE people who were looking and I had to do the walk of shame back to my car as if I were some second rate citizen.
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EMERYVILLE CA (Store 499)
3700 Mandela Pkwy
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Spoke to a very nice lady at their location and she checked to see if they had any in inventory. I was on hold for a while but she physically went around the store to see if they had one. Again, they had ONE. This time, it was an open-box unit. Because I didn't want to waste any more time, I immediately asked her if they would be willing to Price Match to Fry's. She said of course--and that so long as the sale was visible online and that I could show her, that would be no problem. She also said that if I decided to take advantage of Price Matching, I would not receive their open-box discount (the discounts don't "stack"). I said that's fine and asked her if she could do her best to hold it for me as I was on the way and slightly stuck in traffic.
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Lo and behold I arrive and the TV is gone. I couldn't track down the girl who spoke to me over the phone, and the TV department guy that I spoke to said he had no knowledge of them holding any sort of TV for anyone (he wasn't lying--he really didn't seem to know). Awesome.
Best Buy - 2 / Me - 0
Thanks for the most horrific retail experience ever, Best Buy. You win.

They do not match online prices for Fry's under their new policy. Hence it would only be if there was a Fry's within 25 miles of the said store
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At the time of sale, we price match all local retail competitors (including their online prices) and we price match products shipped from and sold by these major online retailers: Amazon.com, Bhphotovideo.com, Crutchfield.com, Dell.com, HP.com, Newegg.com, and TigerDirect.com.
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