Bought 2 days ago from homepage link to newegg and I got this version ATAPI_iHAS124_C_LL02. Am I screwed for burner max?

Currently, yes. It's been reported that those drives are not flashable. The B revision has been, according to recent reports, discontinued. You can still find revision B drives in the wild, but they will become increasingly rare.

I read on another forum that C4Eva is already on top of this and will most likely be releasing a firmware for this version, the only question is when.

There is speculation that it may not be possible for the rev C. C4Eva has stated that he is looking into, and he has never let us down yet.. so who knows :-)

There's still a few Ebay powersellers,selling the RevB drives quiet cheaply at the moment,guys,so grab them while you can :)

Just got mine as well expecting ver B and got C! Serves me right for not checking here first!!!! DAMMIT!

are the plextors still flashable?

Check out newegg.ca and get a iHas224, I got one a couple of weeks back and it was Rev. B.