haha love nowinstock - I have it open to the dock page on anything with a browser: phone, prime, laptop.
i don't know how this happened, but i had a random stroke of incredible luck. refreshed newegg, and it said in stock again. i said "yeah right" but tried it anyway. it went through! just got a confirmation email!!
not going to cancel amazon until i know it's on its way (still really skeptical haha) but i'm PSYCHED!