5800x in stock at amazon. I really wanted a 5600x, but am willing to compromise for immediate gratification. So, into my cart it went. Went to check out, "there is a problem with your address...".
Went through an unhelpful chat session where some "helpful" associate guided me through reentering my address. Still a "problem..."
Chat person collects my phone number and "phone person" calls me. He can't figure it out with all the resources available to him. However, he believes the problem is that it's an expensive small item and the amazon system doesn't like the idea of leaving it at my house on my rural road in my sparsely populated county.
He also can't reserve the item and doesn't understand that it might go out of stock, lol.
He opens a ticket with "tech person" who will contact me within a day or so...
I don't think I want to buy it from amazon anymore though. Eventually, Newegg will get them in stock too.
After over an hour, the 5800x is still in stock if anyone else wants one -- and has just the right type of address.
Edit: after approx. 9 hours the 5800x is OOS at amazon -- though a few scalpers still have them for $700ish. I was never able to buy one because I didn't want to use a pick-up service. Bah. I'd rather save 150 and wait for the 5600x to be in stock somewhere without the inexplicable shipping problem.