If you use an alerting system you should eventually get one at MSRP from e.g. Amazon. Yes, it's a hassle.

I picked one up at the Minneapolis Microcenter about a week ago at near (or less) than MSRP. I'd been looking for any stock since launch, and that was the first one I'd seen show up in stock and queued up for it. (Same day as a bunch of video cards showed up, so a bit less competition.)

They have an online checkin app that they use to order the queue. You see it show up in stock, add yourself to the queue, and get an early enough spot - show up. No need to wait in the cold. (ymmv on weather, but up here... can be cold)

After you buy a chip with that many cores, your future problem will be heat, not cold. :)