OP, check apple website and app constantly tomorrow. There’s no way Apple hasn’t stockpiled a decent amount of phones in anticipation for Black Friday. Even with a shortage, it’s possible they’ve been only drip feeding stores a few units so that they can have a decent amount for tomorrow. There’s gonna be a lot of people beginning their shopping and coming into the stores and so they are likely going to have pros tomorrow so as to not disappoint customers.

I’ll report back with results since I’m also looking for a phone for someone who doesn’t live near a store.