Gen III Prius now a "normal" part of the auto marketplace--MSRP now negotiable everywhere?

Hope I'm not too much stating the obvious here (or maybe I hope everyone HAS figured this out and I just won't get thrown off the list for being to obvious):

Based on various threads about prices, discounts, specific buying experiences, etc., here's the conclusion I draw:

The Gen III Prius is now a part of the "normal" marketplace for cars in the US. That is, people are no longer having to pay MSRP or above to get the latest and greatest new thing. (I limit this to the US, because I don't really understand how new cars are bought and sold elsewhere.)

Seems to me that no one should be snowed by salespeople who say you have to pay MSRP for this great car, or that just about everyone does or anything like that.
Unless you have a dealer who really does bottom-line, no negotiation pricing (and I don't know how many really do that these days, if any), you can negotiate the price of all versions of Prius (or at least 2010 versions II-V; don't know how many so-called I's exist).

I'm not quite sure when the transition began, but I think it was complete by about mid-November, when GST region stopped insisting on MSRP even for version II--which everyone says offers the least profit spread (between actual cost and MSRP) for dealers.

I'm pretty sure that I could have done better ($500 discount in GST region on version II) had I waited from about Nov. 20th until now. Oh well . . ..
The good news is that if you haven't bought yet, I bet you can do better too.

Anyone want to tell me I'm crazy about this? Not even crazy, just wrong?

Ken