I think it could be an inventory situation. Do you remember when I wanted an ink city and although they had long been sold out, my husband called our local store to see if they had one (he didn't know any better). Turned out that their buyer was in NYC at the time meeting with Balenciaga and asked them and they had one sitting in a warehouse unopened and brand spanking new. So this could just be bad inventory management on the part of Balenciaga. Lucky for us though.