I do know it took me until December to find a jet black 7 Plus for T-Mobile in San Antonio. I called around constantly until I finally found a 256GB (which I'd really wanted just the 128GB) that I couldn't pass up because of how long I'd been searching for it. Weirdly, it was at a kiosk. So I don't think a lot of people thought to look there honestly.
It's not just about the availability I'm talking about, it's all the "Apple will do this, Apple won't do that. And if you think differently, you're just wrong and not very bright" kind of attitude. No doubt he'll be along sooner or later to put me in my place!