I could put up a stink if I was told you'd only charge my card at 5000 and then do so at 4750.
Yeah, this is the big point you guys are making. It's stupid, but it only takes one guy to make a stink about it (and like Rob said, the RS forums are full of potential "one guy" who would do it just for spite).
At this point, it sure looks like it's either NOT going to happen or it's going to happen because Hasbro/HTS wants it to happen and is willing to buy us up to 5000. In fact, those 1000 or so they have to buy internally to get us to 5000 could be the "limited amount" that are made available to the OUS folks.