I'm taking zlatko's advise .... I've put the phone up for sale on craigs and if I don't get any responses in the next couple of days, I'll just use the damn beauty ...

Oh, and I did open the phone up (just the external packaging) and wow .... what a looker! At this point I feel that, aside from a quick local sale, there is little point to going through the circus and anxiety of selling, waiting for money, waiting for 64 gb stock, waiting for arrival ......