I went in around noon on launch day and the store was sold out of Pres, but I was able to prepay for one in full and have it shipped in a few days later. I then had to chase Sprint to get those days credited back to me since I didn't actually have the damn phone in hand. Yeesh.
The Pre was a good idea poorly executed and abysmally marketed. If I were to ever cross paths with Rubenstein, the first words out of my mouth will probably be, "Just how effing high were you guys to believe that a creepy, albino, Borg Queen-looking, freak girl talking about how the phone was reading her mind and going, 'Bing. Bing. Bing.' was an effective or even sane marketing plan?!?!? The iPhone ads show apps doing stuff. You had cat girl and a thousand Shao Lin dancers making meaningless shapes in the Chinese grasslands. Were you sent by Lord Jobs to sabotage Palm? Well, mission accomplished, asstackler. Now, I'm gonna punch you in the junk."