So, BestBuy "fun" for me (3 phone calls and 4 chat people). Long story short, my pickup order in Saginaw is now a online order, backordered until June 2nd. Then being delivered. So, I don't need to make the 2+ hour trek (actually my brother was going to, as one is for him) to Saginaw. I DO have to wait "up to" 3 weeks, though. Since one is a travel unit for me and the other is for my brother (I already have my "main" one), I can live with that.
So, a couple things to note. The saginaw store sure should have at least a couple of these in stock. Also, watch for stock online to show up in early June. Also, if you're very adventurous, you could order for pickup and try to get it converted to an "online" order like I did accidentally. I wish they'd offer to let you buy it, knowing its backordered till x date...
Regarding OpenWRT, I'd be game for learning how to do things. The UI just seems clunky and not well organized, which is my only real complaint. I've been through dozens of consumer grade routers/access points, and this one is the oddest. Well, not counting Cisco command line stuff, but that isn't consumer grade either... Perhaps I'll actually <gasp> read some instructions somewhere, or something. Eventually.... it works, so it's hard to care tooooo much. My biggest thing at the moment is trying to figure out how to manage the multitude of wifi's I have. Devices are frequently connecting to the wrong one. The mobley is outside my network, then the router has one, then my normal 2 access points (house & garage). It's just a mess right now. But again, it's working, so motivation isn't as high as it might otherwise be. Also, my nightstand with alligator clips shouldn't be the permanent location.