Let us all not forget that the companies that lost respect (RP, Padilla, Gurkha...) with the zillion lines and tons of "special" releases are all in bed with CI or other huge distributors. I don't say retailers because they've taken on walmart type status in the cigar world and you all know what that means.
I don't mind LEs because I suspect many of them are extremely small quantities of tobacco they were able to source. So that's all the cigars they get to make. There's no reason for someone to track down each and every cigar released. That's pure craziness, there will always be a new one.
I've started to follow the attitude that if I see them in a store I physically visit then I'll pick a special stick up. That or I'll trade for it with one of the brothers on here. No reason to hunt it down like there's a bounty on them.