A few years ago, I used to buy all my HL's from a dealer in Salt Lake. We used to talk quite often about the state of HL's when the edition size rose to 10,000. He couldn't find enough buyers for his inventory. The other problem seemed to be that the most popular lights had already been released as a limited edition and the new releases people weren't as familiar with so they were slow to sale.

Bottom line: the dealer is no longer in business.

The dealer let me see his order sheet from HL's, and the price they paid was 1/2 the price they sold for at retail. So...if a dealer has a 40% off sale, they are still make a 10% profit. I'm sure that is not enough to keep a business profitable, but at least the store is not losing money when they offer 40% off.

There is only one dealer left in Salt Lake that sells more than the Little Lights. A few years back there were five in the Salt Lake area.

I'm not trying to offend anyone, but I have to agree that if a forum member is helped out finding a good deal, I say great for them!