I love my Vita for the price of $180 (Black Friday AC white vita and 4GB card), but I don't really blame anyone for holding out at $250 plus the ridiculous memory prices. The sad thing is that it is a really cool piece of tech and has a lot of potential, but I bought it for one game, Persona 4...
I gave in and went to gamestop. After reading about all the nintendo amazon drama I'm kind of doubting that they'll take any preorders until closer to launch.