I got the text this morning saying to pick it up. I called and they said that they did not have the shipment yet but may have it by the afternoon.
After work (around 4) I went in and the kid said that he had been told yesterday not to release them (so they were in the store the whole time) but that when he came in today, they had received a memo saying to give out the preorders only and that the tablet was in the system for $99,999.99 so they could not sell them to none preordered people.
I was very happy to get it, I was the first one to actually preorder it at my local GS but a few had come in before me to pick theirs up. So far it is a fantastic device.
The one con I noticed was that the volume, like on my Galaxy Nexus, seems low, luckily I already bought Volume+ for the GN so I just downloaded it and problem rectified.
I also can confirm as well that I got the Transformers movie, the Bourne book, the magazines, AND the $25 credit as well right after registering the device. The credit is applied to whatever account you register the tablet to so be warned.
Now for all those pissed that GS customers got their's early, I personally was expecting to get mine a few weeks AFTER GP orders were shipped. I specifically ordered it from GameStop to not have to pay shipping AND to throw in a few used games to reduce the price (Which pretty much just covered the taxes). Now if we had not gotten ours yet and you (The Google Play complainers) had still gotten yours in a few days, what would have changed? Nothing. Google does not "Owe" anyone anything. If anything GS got Google to ship the other preorders earlier by forcing there hand, so GameStop allowing preorders to be picked up early actually helped GP customers. So please stow the complaining and the feelings of entitlement.
Now this is my first tablet, and I feel that it is an excellent device. I truely hope that ALL N7 orders get to their rightful hands quickly. Just note that you have one year to use that $25 credit btw, I saw that after that, they take the credit back.