A:AnswerThe restock on December 8th, 2020 took around 30 minutes to sell out, thanks to Best Buy's attempts to slow down purchases. I don't think this really changed all that much in how many people were able to get one, but you definitely had a much longer window.
A:AnswerBest Buy only has store pickup, and not shipping or in-store purchases. From my understanding, the only store with a waiting list system is EVGA, and the only brick-and-mortar store is Micro Center.
A:AnswerBest Buy has already implemented pretty thorough bot protection. However, there still isn't nearly enough stock for all humans, and the bot protection makes it pretty hard for legitimate customers to get cards too.