I was just checking the "sold/ended" prices of Canon camera prices last week (on a well-known on-line auction site). and was surprised at the high number of cameras sold at very low prices, with one left un-sold, over a short period.
Now there is nothing for sale from Canon Outlet, after all other items had been sold.
On another forum (as one example), there is talk of a conspiracy among the variety of comments:-
http://www.ephotozine.com/forum/view....cfm?qid=39739
but no official reason so far.
Roger