I had been keen on the versatility of the avalanche when I first saw one at a car show 18 months ago.
A month ago took delivery on a Forest Green Z71 out of dealer stock for $2500 under MSRP. Invoice data was pretty scarce so I offered 3% over invoice. GM did have a $1000 rebate for recent college grads on top of discount, plus had I waited 30 days they would have kicked in $150 bucks for College IRA for a child. Check it out on the GM website under upromise.
http://www.gm.com/beyond_automotive/financial_services/upromise/
Love the truck and have about 2500 miles already as a result of motoring vacation.