just stopped by my nearest authorized reseller and was told "the release date was removed from our system today, but we'll sell them when we have them". i personally couldn't get one there since i am on the rent-a-razr plan through a corporate store, but i found that comment interesting. the reason i never use resellers is because the ones around here do not follow corporate policies and generally tend to make up their own rules (i.e. denying the holiday return policy completely when i asked about it). for once, this could work in our advantage. i bet there are some other resellers out there who would gladly take your money whether corporate VZ wants them to or not.