[color me blue]

no offense taken, i am a californian after all. i appreciate your candor and, yes, i have tried all the aforementioned methods and suggestions and i am going so far as to ask my neighboring countrymen for help. i like to think that i've been patient, they have all been out of stock for quite some time. i'm sorta asking as a last resort for an explanation of the "no-stock" epidemic for this specific slide....hopefully i get lucky enough to find a needle in this haystack....lord knows i'm running out of haystacks.

also, i'm interested in whether the slide is even in production. if it is discontinued, then i'll have to go with the next best thing, pre-owned or make lemonade out of another slide. but, if it is in production, i'll rest easier knowing that i WILL be able to eventually get the particular one i want....thanks.