I would call the store and plead with them that it is a bag you've been dying for. Ask them if you can please use the PCE card. I did that and she asked her manager. I told her that it was my HG bag and she said "Holy Grail, got it!" So, when she got back she said her manager said yes. I just explained that it was sold out everywhere and that I really really really wanted it. They took the UPC code on the PCE invite and applied the discount. I think they are hesitant because ppl might not have been invited, but being I had the code they knew I was for real. Plus I said I would mail it to them. They said I didn't need to because of the UPC, but I wanted to stress that I really received one, which I did.
Good luck! Let me know how it goes. I know the Scottsdale store honored the phone order with the PCE discount for me
It's worth a try. Plus they gave me free shipping. It was $367 total with tax
I guess what I am saying is that you don't have to call a local store. Try calling one that's far away and being that you obviously can't get all the way there and they know that most are sold out, they'll probably say ok.