I picked mine up a couple of hours ago so far I'm really enjoying it. It certainly can go head to head with my nexus 7.
I bought from macmall. Ordered Friday for overnight delivery got it Saturday and it was flawless. Friend wanted iPad mini. He was leaving country Sunday night and he had no idea the ipad mini was so hard to find. So i bought from macmall for him who had it in stock and had Saturday FedEx delivery option.
Flawless transaction and he received a perfect out of the box 16 gig black wifi ipad mini with very little effort spent chasing around for it.
Damn you live close to me. Willow Grove, PA? I've been searching as well, still see nothing in stores.