Roger,
I wondered if you had gotten yours as yet and what you thought of the smooth leather style. When I filled mine I noted that the case remained pretty flat, which was opposite your first experience, and thought that your obsevation might have been because of the suede versions, as suede by nature is a very flexible leather, where the leather they used on the smooth versions is very thick and stiff with the way it was tanned.
I hadn't realized that there was a difference in the inside pocket arrangements on the two different sizes, interesting.
But I do agree that they could have thought out the inside arrangements much better. But if they had done so, they probably would have sold much better, and wouldn't have been available to us at the clearance pricing.
But as you said, the arrangement is workable though not ideal, and I think a really good value with clearance price considered.
Dave