The cost of the Suite isn't only for the Blogs and CMS- it also includes unlimited ticket support for the life of the product. 1 year of ticket support alone costs nearly as much as the upgrade to the suite alone.
You already mentioned vBAdvanced- would probably be fairly easy to add thread previews to their latest threads widget or whatever they call it. If you haven't done so already you should ask over at their forums on how you could include previews.
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