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I've had the same thing with my Swallow. I received it in around December and after only a month or so I was had to tension it again and again. It's almost at the end of the tension screw thread now, despite really looking after it with proofride and not really putting loads of miles (<5,000).
I was speaking to a courier in Manchester who said that recently the quality control has changed. Until recently the best hide has been used for the high end saddles, and then the thinner, lower quality hide was used on the cheaper models, but now, apparently, their is no quality differentiation between saddles. Apparently the guy who made that choice was made redundant.
Whilst I must admit I have no idea why a a Manchester Courier would know this, but I'm pretty unsatisfied with the speed that my saddle is wearing out, for a completely top of the range model.
Edit: Ed, that's me you're referring to in the OP. If they are pushing out more and more saddles a year, they must be spending less on the hide or making it stretch further?