I stopped by BestBuy today. They did have one on display with a sign in front of it saying "Available Feb. 9th". I preordered mine with the $50 gift card. I was hoping to get an associate who didn't know much and would sell me one today, but apparently they've been trained pretty well. Just hoping the impending snowstorm doesn't keep me from getting there Saturday!
I have a $25 gift card. I was going to buy the keyboard today while I was there. Not sure if they get commission there or not but the guy who helped me was cool so I figured I'd get something while I was there. He actually recommended I wait until Saturday in case there was a deal on it. I hope he's there Saturday. I want him to have my sale!
I don't think its a matter of training. I don't believe the stores will receive any product until Saturday morning. As of this afternoon at 3:00, the only stock showing up for North East Ohio was the demo units which all the stores have received. My Neice and her BF both work there, and he looked it up in RSS.. nothing shows, I saw the screen, showed 1 of each at each store, with a goosegg for "on order". Supposedly if any product shows up in store, it will be via drop ship early tomorrow AM. I pre-ordered on Tuesday, and am hoping that it is available tomorrow, otherwise I'll be driving 50 miles to the MS store in Beachwood to pickup the one I reserved.
I hope these things ship from the east cost... I would assume that they will ship from Logistics in Kentucky, like just about everything else..