You guys are hilarious. Obviously the sales reps are unreliable. As I said, I and the others were just relaying the information received, whether accurate or not. Would you prefer that we not do that in the future? You're welcome to ignore it, I made no claims that it was good information.
With that said, those of you who are 'optimistic' about the 8th seem to be the same people who were 'optimistic' about November the 21st, the 17th, the 10th, the 3rd... a pattern is very very evident, guys. The leaks saying the 8th are no more reliable than the multiple in-store reps saying next year. We've been through this scene many times in this thread alone, and many times with other phones (Bionic and Thunderbolt in particular come to mind). I would work on accepting that fact rather than sticking your fingers in your ears and saying "la-la-la" every time it becomes more obvious the release is being pushed even further back.