Thanks, all. I was inspired by soba1 who posted a thread after he walked into one of his local B&M and lo and behold, there was a polished mini. So I went to Provape to see if there were any authorized B&M re-sellers near me. There's one - Cigtechs - although they aren't exactly "local" as they are about a 40 minute drive away. I called the store yesterday and spoke to Joe. I asked if by any chance he had a polished mini. Of course he said "no". I thanked him and resigned myself to stalking the Provape website.
Half an hour later my cell phone rings. I answer and it is Joe from Cigtechs. He called me back to tell me that he had just arrived at there new, second location, and lo and behold! They had a polished mini! Cigtechs' new second location is even farther away from me, but then Joe said that he would take it with him back to the original
shop and I could come pick it up from there. And I then asked him how he had my number to call me back, as I didn't remember leaving it with him when I originally called. Joe said that when he got to the new
shop and saw the polished mini, he called back to the original
shop and had the clerk look at the caller ID. I LOVE this guy! So that's where I went today.
HUGE thumbs up for Cigtechs!
And here's a better pic of her loveliness: