Danceswithorses - I don't believe there is any misinformation with your reply or Tada's. I believe they could both be correct. BB probably has a certain number of units to market. They have probably alloted them to brokerages according to request or apportioned them as per demand. Tada's brokerage might have had demand for all of their allotment so Tada received the reply that he did. There are probably brokerages that still have units available from their allotments so BB stated that it is still open. Both could be correct! If someone wanted to subscribe for some, they could probably search out the brokers with some available, open an account with them and probably take them on as full service broker and then acquire some. 

It would be much appreciated if you would post the reply that you received from your broker. Also, anyone else with relative information, please post it. The more sources that we hear from, the better handle we will have on demand for the PO.