Ok, so I just took a breeze walk down to BestBuy to check out their display and on that, the volume buttons are very easy to press. They even have a soft "click" to them when you press them. I'm debating if I should do an exchange just for this. Maybe I end up with a same unit. That's why I wanted to find out what others have.
Compared to the Xoom the volume button is easy to press. But even not comparing I don;t find it hard to press at all. The one on the Xoom is a flat-out PITA.