Stopped by the Verizon store today

Maybe you are not shopping at a corporate store. Corporate store is the only way to go. The franchise stores are hit and miss all the time. Search on verizon wireless under the v20, and do the in-store availability search.
 
Told that v20 is special order only.
They will not be in the store. (at least that Verizon store)

Actually the store was a franchise store in a small town in the middle of nowhere. (I live 16 miles from the store, further in the direction of nowhere else!)
 
The Corporate store down the road from me had it in stock but not on display. No cases on display either but they had them in the back. I already had the V20. Salesman told me he sold a V20 and didn't even know they were in stock. Guess they are too busy pushing the Pixel,
 
The corporate store near me had several in stock. When I was in there on Friday to pick mine up there were 2 other people also getting V20s. The only weird thing was there were no V20s on display in the store.
 
The Corporate store down the road from me had it in stock but not on display. No cases on display either but they had them in the back. I already had the V20. Salesman told me he sold a V20 and didn't even know they were in stock. Guess they are too busy pushing the Pixel,

Your right, they are pushing the pixel! The store manager didn't know if they even had any V20's. None on display. Went in the back and came back to report that yes he had plenty. They were totally uninformed and unfamiliar with the v20 at all, however after getting mine up and running he sure was interested in it Lol