It seems that the key words in Tim's last post are "regular discounting". Although I've never come across any of these "clearance sales" I would hazard a guess that by and large these have been generated by the issuance by HL of the 9,500 and 10,000 edition sizes. Round 'em up, move 'em out. Letting them languish on dealer shelves can't be good for the dealers or HL. Hopefully lower edition sizes will rectify the problem.