Ok. I really can't tell you what happened as I don't have a clue right now. But
I was arbitrarily browsing the web and decided to do a yahoo search on the ill-fated S10M; Guess what? Yahoo said available at 2 retailers. One of them turned out to be Tiger___ IN STOCK status with 24hr delivery!!! Then I said wait a minute. Gigabyte told me they were discontinued. Let me check something here. So I googled it and another new (to me) retailer showed the S10M. Then I said hmmm. Let me try someone I know did not have it last week... B&H___ The page loads and .... Predorder status!!
I rechecked the google results and it showed a result for Ebay.ca!! Apparently someone up there has gotten hold of the CM1 variant and is trying to sell it off for $1,099.99 USD
For some reason. The USA seems to have gotten or are about to get stock of the S10M.
Anyone else wants to do the happy dance with me?