After running myself crazy due to all the bad info on the set I was finally told to be sure to order online as early as possible Sunday Morning, like 12:01 a.m. to be sure of getting one because they were in short supply for the entire Sears system. I wanted to see it in person firsr so drove about 30 miles to nearest corporate owned store and saw it there. Was very nice and surprised me greatly. Talked to a rep and he said that the entire store had 4 in stock and that there were only 120 or 140 in entire Sears system from which stores could order more, so to be safe by ordering online for store pickip as soon as possible after midnight and that would esnure that I got 1 of the 4 because it would be taken out of sys in my name b4 the store actually opened. I then waited and ordered that way, but had to wait until 2:00 a.m. to do so since they did not change the online price till then. Luckily it worked like a charm and I picked it up the next day.
That may be what happened to the one they said they had in stock when you checked. The sales person also said that if I did not get one that way it would ensure I would when it restocked because they contact people who ordered that way when an item out of stock became available again. If you have not tried ordering online u might try if they are still taking orders, and if so, you might try for home delivery instead of store so it will be from core stock instead of the store. Finally, try BestBuy because they did tell us they would pricematch if it was in stock in the store and even offered to do it Saturday evening early b4 the Sears sale actually started, but they did not have any instock.
Good luck because it is a very nice set.