I guess they still have enough to sell for $500 through T-mobile... And enough to supply the scalpers on eBay. I'm still upset from the errors during the order window but maybe it's all for the best.
Google is still not making any visible effort to communicate what's happening to the customers. Very disappointing. Do no evil?
EDIT: Let's say you drive to a store knowing a product is going on sale. You go to a shelf, they have pieces of paper saying take this paper and claim the product at the register. You take the paper. You queue up, you get to the register and they tell you tough luck, we have no inventory. Wouldn't you be annoyed? Then you leave the store to find stalls of people selling the product for double the price.
This sort of stuff can happen but it would be nice if Google said something about it. The only thing they told the community is "sold out" and "check again soon". I was hoping to use this phone while traveling next month but I'll have to make some other arrangements for a reasonable unlocked phone.