Well, shoot, I drove all around town today between and after classes, and the first two stores were out of COD3. (Or, in the case of the first store, they kept both games behind CS and someone kinda "line-jumped"; long story, not worth telling, confusing.) I finally wound up on the other side of town where I used to work, since the second store said they should have 7. I went to customer service, and they had 3 held, probably for the rare few who preordered. Turns out their UPS guy (apparently this game didn't come on a regular truck) was late, so COD4... If it isn't one thing, it's another... So I bought COD3 anyway to return/rebuy elsewhere. (BTW, the shelf tag where it should have been says Reg/Gold, and the receipt shows the Gold UPC number despite it being the Reg I bought).
I went over to the Best Buy I used to work, and they miraculously PM'd for me. She already knew the offer before pointing it out in the ad, so looks like it was green-lit earlier in the day. They didn't have any of the ones with on-pack Behind Enemy Lines DVDs, but there were some put next to the game as probably a roll-your-own deal promo SKU as is sometimes done. I neglected to bring one with me when making my attempt at PM-ing, but I'll just uncharacteristicaly let it go. This is the Waterford Lakes/UCF (Orlando, FL) location for those who care to try.
I then went ahead and returned COD3 to the CC so I wouldn't have to deal with it later.
Then I come home and read about this glitch?!?!?! Boo-urns. I'm a sad panda. Eh, maybe it'll be in effect later this week, and the other stores might re-stock on COD3. One can hope.
EDIT: Looked for the thread, couldn't find it, assumed it was in the Graveyard. Yep. Or only quasi-Dead-ish, by the looks of things.