Thanks for that explanation. I thought it odd that the erasers were behind Target when the ANS all arrived at or before Target. I don't buy comics much anymore so I only go to the store once a month at most. However, I'm happy to support the store and when I go in there next, I'll check into it. The manager did say another customer had expressed interest, so it may have been sold to him/her by then.
Yeah, it was frustrating to have to sit here reading about everyone finding the erasers at Target for two weeks while waiting for my own box to show up at my local comics shop. Plus, while my store offers discounts for regular customers, they couldn't with these because of their poor wholesale cost, so in a sense I could have just gone to Target as well -- same price, two weeks earlier. But unlike you, I'm at my store 2-3 times a week (it's only a 5 minute walk from my job, plus I'm close friends with everyone there, so it's the obvious place to take a break), so getting the erasers there ended up being more convenient than driving 20+ minutes to a Target, even with the wait.
All's well that ends well . . .