Question on buying iPhone 4 in store on June 24 - no preorder

Well, i'm one of the victims of this nonsense preorder cancelation fiasco. Now instead of placing ANOTHER preorder over the Apple site, I was thinking about just getting to a retail store early to pick one up on the 24th.
Are these places only getting enough to cover the preorders or are they going to be having some available for the ones who didnt preorder to buy also. Also, besides an Apple Store, what places would be ideal to check out?
thanks.

Doubtful if anyone here can answer this question with any certainty, but each store will probably receive inventory for walk-ins, which can be a different quantity for each store.
Besides the iPhone being available at Apple stores, it will also be available at AT&T corporate stores, Best Buy, Radio Shack, and Walmart stores.

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