Also since the event piece normally precedes Bill Y or a dealer rep when Bill isn't available (despite popular opinion BY is only one person).,
There would be all kinds of screaming that other parts of the country had their signings first and got the low numbers. There is no way that HL could schedule these things and please most everyone.

You can't please all of the people all of the time. And you certainly can't please some persons (no specific individuals intended) any of the time., which would make HL scheduling job not 'nigh on to' but 'completely' impossible.

From the Think Tank of
The Ancient Mariner