Well, I haven't been around for too long but the last two offerings, S5 and S5LE were offered for sale on the site for a long while, several weeks. There was plenty of time to decide which colors for the S5 and then how many to buy. I thought about the S5LE until almost the end and am glad I finally decided to buy two of those. Also, there was a Busse "Ganza" and Desert Dog Fathers were sold but that only lasted for several hours, not days. I was lucky enough to get in on the DDFs during the Ganza. The purchase of Busse-kin knives requires either a lot of patience, or, if you don't have patience, a lot of money so you can buy on the secondary market. You can get a lot on the secondary but plan on spending 30-100% over the original offering price.