the way they do it now is they will announce a knife is coming, usually give a date for the sale (say next week) they will then put the knife for sale in the store. It will stay there for about 6 weeks, they will then announce it is coming down, once it is down it will be another 4 weeks til the knives start to ship. It is a long process but trust me it is a lot better than the way they used to do it. At least everyone now has a chance on scoring one. You may consider the exchange over on Bladeforums if patience/time is an issue. You can still score lots over there and with the economy the way it is prices are not all that bad.