Thank you all!
I've played this game with Nordstrom before--I don't know if you all remember the Frances Valentine purse situation? On that occasion, even C/S could not tell me if the item was gone all the way up the supply chain, temporarily out of stock, planning a re-issue, or whatever else it may have been. A day or so later, I got one that must have been a return, because after I purchased it, the item was gone from the Nordstrom website altogether...but newly available at the FV website. SO, I guess I would found one--one way or another.
Alright...I'm gonna stalk these things!