Looking to buy a retail Lego Mindstorm 2.0 NXT kit

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I have a friend looking for a retail Lego Mindstorm 2.0 NXT kit for her son whom will turn 9 this coming August 10th. She had budgeted $300 and now it seems as though it is impossible to find the 2.0 kit now that the EV3 has been announced. She was thinking the EV3 would be good but it looks like the education kit that you can preorder is $340 and that does NOT include a CD (that is an extra $100). With the retail kit the CD was included for the $280 price. So, anyone have some suggestions? Here are questions I offer to you all:

Does anyone know of a place where she could look to buy the retail kit (all the online places are sold out like shop.lego.com, target, toysrus, walmart, etc)?
Does anyone know what the anticipated prices will be for the EV3 retail kit?
Does anyone know of a store in their area that has kits?
Does anyone have a NXT 2.0 kit that they want to sell for around $300?

Thanks,
Troy Barnes