I went to a Best Buy to buy the Flyer two days ago. They knew nothing about the tablet and pen package. Apparently, the original online deal on Best Buy has been pulled. They told me to wait until it's official. I showed them the article on Engadget and they said they don't know anything about it. They couldn't do anything about it until it's official.
So, I went to another Best Buy. I showed them the article and asked if I can get the deal. The sales girl went to talk to her boss and came back and told me that they will offer me the deal. So, I got the tablet and pen deal for $499.
This inconsistency in store policies makes me think you probably can scam them on other deals. Just make a fake ad or something and go to Best Buy and asks them. If it doesn't work, then go to another store until you get it.
On another note, I have owned a Motorola Xoom with Honeycomb 3.1 for two months now. I returned it the other day to Costco and decided to get the Flyer instead. For those who have Honeycomb envy, I say don't. For those who have dual core processor envy, don't. The Xoom was somewhat laggy. The HTC Flyer is much more snappier in terms of speed than the Xoom. It was quite large and a little too heavy to fit in a pocket or small man-bag. There were very few apps for Honeycomb too.
The interface that HTC did on the Flyer is much better than stock Honeycomb which the Xoom came with. All the apps that came with HTC are very useful. Holding the Flyer is not tiresome at all. The videos running on the Flyer is as good as the Xoom with Honeycomb. I find myself using the HTC Flyer a lot more than I did with the Xoom.
Having said that, I can't wait to see what HTC will do with the Honeycomb update.