The inventory that showed up on the website on the 10th was an error on Best Buy's part. When I checked again yesterday the stores were still sold out and the website inventory was set back to "unavailable"
Target, Walmrt, Frs, and Circuity City are all out also. My guess is that production is backed up for some reason or Apple is releasing a new product and there is a gap between when they stopped production on the old (gen 2) and the announcement/stocking of the new product.
What I find so interesting is that no one knows what is going on. When Microsoft had supply issues with the Xbox 360 you could call Best Buy and they would at least let you know that there was a production issue. They knew that each store was getting small batches of shipments every other week or so and told you to check back on a specific day when they were expecting their next delivery. You could also find a bunch of information on the web about the problems that Microsoft was having with their suppliers.
The only think I can find on the web about the IPod Touch issue is this small posting. Maybe there are only 5 of us out there actually wanting to buy one of these things.
I called the local Apple store yesterday to see if they had any in stock and also find out if they knew why every store in the local area was out of stock. After explaining the situation to him in a very easy going manner his exact response was “No Comment.” WTH
With just about every store across the country being out of stock you would think that you would hear more. I have never been a Mac or Ipod/ITunes user and I have heard stories about how secretive Apple can be, so all this cloak and dagger stuff is new to me.
