An LE can be a really good deal on the used/HUO market. I was planning to buy a GOT Premium and add the Stark rails to it. But then I found an HUO LE for just a few hundred more. As much as I like the Premium art, the LE art was worth the extra cash to me (plus, the LE was available NOW and convenient to pick up).

But yeah, there's no way I'd buy an LE straight up NIB. Unless it's a dream theme for me.

If you buy a brand new game you don't plan to play, you're gambling that the price will go up. If you don't buy a brand new game now but you know you "have to have it" some day, you're gambling that the price will go down. Historically, the "price will go down" folks come out ahead, and they get to enjoy a game with finished code and all the issues sorted out (or at least well-understood).

But someone has to buy NIB LEs, so I'm glad that not everyone thinks like I do.