You're right. And just to be clear I have nothing against a free market. The alternative of our government having any say in private business is not pleasant. And in defense of... no wait, actually I need to correct something I said earlier. When I brought up manufacturers, I really should have said distributors. Now, in defense of the U.S. distributors of products manufactured outside of our country, they have sales goals they must meet. When the oversees manufacturer springs the news that a model has been discontinued and there are multiple containers of new models on the water, the distributor has to do some fancy footwork to unload the old stock. At some point the easy (only realistic) way out is to make a deal with a dealer who can take the entire lot. The problem I have is when a distributor doesn't at least offer the deal to thier long standing, independent dealers at the same time. A part of the free market means everyone has an equal opportunity to prosper.