The best way to secure a LE machine, would be to contact AMD or one of its Aust agents in case someone does want to cancel for financial reasons and it may make a LE available. I would try anything and everything before I gave someone a extra $3000 for doing absolutely nothing.

REMEMBERING ALSO that the Premium model is available at $8200 from memory, so why pay someone $12,500 which doesnt make sense. The Premium model looks beautiful and very close ofcourse, just a different translite. Go the Premium and save heaps of $$.  

WARRANTY ON NEW STERNS
ALSO, it is worth re-mentioning that any BNIB Stern games that are purchased from overseas which are not Australian delivered machines carry no factory warranty. Gary Stern was very clear about that on a recent video. The reason that there is no warranty for these non Australian delivered machines, is that the power supply and the boards are set up differently and run on a different cycle which is not designed to run on Australian 240 volts.
Anyone who buys a new machine from say the USA or another country, who plugs it in over here will likely cause many faults/blown boards etc, and will not have a machine that will work correctly etc straight off the bat like a Australian delivered machine.
I raise this because some people may be tempted to buy a available LE from the USA (either privately or from a USA Stern agent) but it will carry no warranty and will not work here correctly. Anyone trying to cheat the system and save a buck, will only cost themselves alot of money and cause faults which wont be covered under warranty. Its pretty hard to complain about faults if you cause them yourself by buying non approved machines and plugging them into a power supply that the machine was not built for  . Our Aussie STERN machines require 50 cycle, not the USA 60 cycle.

It pays to deal directly with a approved Australian Stern distributor. 6 months full warranty and a machine which is designed to work with our 240 volts will be the reward. Plus supporting the Australian dealers is also positive for our Aussie pinball Industry. (Warning from Stern site below >)

GAMES SHIPPED TO NORTH AMERICA OPERATE ON 60 CYCLE ELECTRICITY ONLY.  
THESE GAMES WILL NOT OPERATE IN COUNTRIES WITH 50 CYCLE ELECTRICITY(EUROPE INCLUDING THE UK).