Whuffo's Journal: iPod Touch - why market it if there's none to sell?

The old iPod Nano I've got is reaching the end of it's useful life; battery life is way down and it'd cost more to have it replaced than the old iPod is worth.

After looking over the options, the iPod Touch seems to be the one for me. They've been shipping them for a couple of weeks now - but I can't find one for sale in any of the local Apple stores.

What's up with that? It's not as though Apple has never released a new iPod design; by now they should have a good idea how many to have on hand before offering them for sale. And there's no indication that this particular model is selling like hotcakes.

After the nice Apple person at their San Jose store let me know they were sold out and I was leaving it seemed to me that Apple had just paid this person to send me away without buying anything. They could have saved some money on advertising if they're not really selling anything.

Will I go back in a couple of weeks (or whenever) to complete the transaction or will I change my mind before then. Sweet as the Touch is, it's a lot of money and I may not be so eager to own one tomorrow.