okay, was able to order a 16 as of a few minutes ago
heres my advice..
use IE.. the refresh from chrome just isnt believable enough.. when it doesnt even bother to redraw the page.. how do i know how much it polled the server (also the order process through IE was literally 3 clicks and no waiting)
keep refreshing. it seems like either the phones that were canceled are popping back up. or google is only letting out enough to add to cart as their servers can handle.. persistence in this situation paid off