Sherry.
Telephone them. They may deal.
I use to fear one of the smallest words in our language, the word….NO.
I do not fear this word any longer. Each time I hear it, I seem to walk away, still intact, no blood loss, no limbs missing.
My first showdown with "NO" was when I negotiated the sale of my first FS.
I walked into that shop thinking of the price I was happy to pay, and thinking that this price was all I was going to offer.
I thought, if the man in the shop said "no", I was going to walk away, and try elsewhere.
We got chatting and I told him what I would give him for the bike…..he agreed the price. I got my first FS, £400 off the price, yippee !.
That was 2005, now I ask for discount on loads of stuff.
The word "No" ?, can no longer intimidate me.
Telephone the shops still advertising said fork. Tell them that you're happy to take the fork that no one else bought from them, and offer them a reasonable price.
Sensible shop keepers have a saying.
"Your first loss, is you best loss. Take it !".
The "mark-up" on bike kit is so high, they have a margin for dealing/haggling.
Give it a try, what have you to lose ?.
Solo.