As bad as it may sound, I think some dealers don't want customers to have shop manuals. It seems like the better dealers don't mind ordering them for customers and then there are the others.
i found my shop manual on ebay for 35.00,it was a reprint but very well done and in a binder and for 10.00 more he threw in the mmm and operators manuals,ebay sellers name was, low cost 4 u