So no one has seen them available in Verizon stores? I'm going to maybe luck out on Friday.
In regards to carrier stores having stock, my opinion would be that Apple stores would receive more iPhone stock compared to your usual TMO, VZW, etc.
I would call constantly and finally one associate just straight up said “we won’t be seeing any stock until late December early January, we could order it for you but it’s a 3-4 week wait” blah blah. Same exact thing if I just ordered it from Apple online.
Wasn’t aware how difficult it was to try and snag a device in “flyover states”.