I got lucky and called a local gamestop today and they happened to have a CE left from a cancelled preorder. People may want to try calling back today or tomorrow and see if the same thing happens for them.
I just talked to one of my buddies in Best Buy inventory. He said they just got their copies of Dark Souls, but there wasn't a single collectors edition. I've had mine preordered for over a month. Also the website doesn't show the collectors edition anymore. I could be wrong, but their website...
It's normally on sale for 399.99 anyways. If you don't get it, you can get it another without losing out too much. Also, the samsung 42 inch pn42c450 and the comparable panasonic 42 inch plasma hover around 399.99 most of the time too. You might wanna check those out instead. The only real plus...
When I sell cards, I take pictures of the card to email to the customer and I also remind them to be wairy of the 2s and the Zs since they can easily be confused. Maybe give that a try?