Have had that experience elsewhere @peek-a-boo so it's not uncommon - and usually why I wait for items showing in stock before order. But then again I have also had the experience where a store got much less than it was supposed to be allocated, so all went to pre-orders leaving none for 'regular' customers.
Anyway, don't want to stray too much off topic... now to listen to that online preview of the Carpenter that @zuko posted!