i phoned my local store, the guy told me that price over the phone. he said he should have stock coming in next month.
but i decided to go into john lewis afterwards and they would not price match any site, because no stores in the uk have any stock afaik.
just phone every reputable retailer you can find on google, and ask them what their price is. write it down on a sheet of paper. see who the cheapest is and then phone them back. stores will be shut on a sunday in most cases, so tomorrow is your best bet.
personally im in a dilemma, im now thinking of just going with the ST50B, because i do not think anybody can guarantee they will have stock in a months time. panasonic seem to be limiting the availability of this set but everyone i talked to said they will have stock coming in a months time, but who knows what will actually happen? this set is also supposedly not supposed to be sold online, it's meant to be for in store purchase only, which is ridiculous. panasonic basically want you to jump through hoops to get this model.
im also worried about all these people who have been having problems with their sets, and have been returning them, some are on their 3rd set and even that has problems, etc.
when did choosing a tv become so difficult?